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Description |
From a new find, this is an unusual yellow-green Sphenes that changes the yellow/green balance of its hue depending on lighting and in any case is more yellow than traditional Brazilian Sphenes have been. The major faces are clean though Chlorite is ingrown into the twinning planes as is the case on most other Brazilian Sphenes from previous finds. This particular specimen is very large and impressive visually, and features a perfect, 2.5-inch (6.5 cm) twinned crystal perched vertically on the matrix, intersecting near its base at a 60-degree angle with another twinned crystal. |
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Locality |
Fazenda Rubin Pimenta Mine, Capelinha, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil |
