Ilmenite, Muscovite
Cromley Mine, Saluda County, South Carolina, USA
7.0 x 6.0 x 5.7 cm. Mineral specimens of any variety are rare from the localities in Saluda County and from this extinct mica mine. Solid, massive to platy, lustrous to matte-finish, dark metallic-gray ilmenite is richly and attractively covered on two sides with books of pearlescent muscovite plates. Not pretty to look at, but this is rare, ...
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