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MD-23004
Titanite
Fazenda Rubin Pimenta Mine, Capelinha, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
Cabinet, 10.0 x 5.8 x 3.5 cm
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From a find of this spring, this is an unusual yellow-green titanite 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. My understanding is that this small pocket yielded under a dozen really good specimens. This particular specimen is excellent, and features a perfect, 3-inch (8 cm) twinned crystal perched vertically atop smaller crystals with twin planes shooting in every direction! 10 x 5.8 x 3.5 cm