{"id":1281,"date":"2009-07-14T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/?p=1281"},"modified":"2026-01-16T02:01:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T02:01:49","slug":"magnetite-and-unidentified-mineral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2009\/07\/14\/magnetite-and-unidentified-mineral\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnetite and Unidentified Mineral | 09062102J"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This is one of several magnetite rocks we collected from one of the rock dumps near the Comstock Mine in Iron Springs County, Utah. I’m working on identifying the orange crystals and will update this entry when I figure it out. Below is an enlarged view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mineral Type<\/td>Magnetite – Fe+2<\/sup>Fe+3<\/sup>2<\/sub>O4<\/sub>
Unidentified Crystal<\/td><\/tr>
Size<\/td>11 x 11 x 8 cm<\/td><\/tr>
Collection ID<\/td>09062102J<\/td><\/tr>
Collection Location<\/td>Near Comstock Mine, Iron Springs County, Utah, USA
37:36.874 N 113:23.576 W<\/td><\/tr>
Collection Date<\/td>June 21, 2009<\/td><\/tr>
Testing<\/td>Matrix:
Magnetism: Positive, weak
Crystals:
Acetic Acid: Negative Streak: Colorless Hardness: 3-6<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is one of several magnetite rocks we collected from one of the rock dumps near the Comstock Mine in Iron Springs County, Utah. I’m working on identifying the orange crystals and will update this entry when I figure it out. Below is an enlarged view. Mineral Type Magnetite – Fe+2Fe+32O4Unidentified Crystal Size 11 x […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[75,62],"class_list":["post-1281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rocks-and-minerals","tag-magnetite","tag-rocks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1281"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1285,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281\/revisions\/1285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}