Magnetite

Description

Magnetite - dark grey-black metallic, massive - probably associated with cuspidine, montcellite and diopside - see also G.2011.12.1, a slice taken from this specimen - from Camas Malag, Loch Slapin, Skye, Inverness-shire.

Museum reference

G.1970.49.30

Collection

Natural Sciences

Object name

Magnetite

Collection place(s)

Camas Malag, Loch Slapin, Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Source: Jackson, Brian J. (NMS)
Source: Baird, William J. (NMS)
Cuspidine
Diopside
Monticellite

Exhibitions

• Restless Earth (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland