Ilvite - Mineral Quality:Standard Description: Saccocoma is an extinct

Description: Saccocoma is an extinct genus of small free-swimming crinoids (marine echinoderms related to modern sea lilies and feather stars) that lived during the Late Jurassic period

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Stone Type: Schorl

Ilvite - Mineral Quality:Standard Description: Saccocoma is an extinctMined from: Huanggang, China Description: Ilvite, a member of the epidote group of silicate minerals, typically forms as dark brown to nearly black prismatic crystals with a resinous to glassy luster. This specimen from China shows the minerals characteristic crystal habit and subtle striations along its opaque faces. Found in skarn and contact metamorphic deposits, Ilvite combines durability and definition, with a Mohs hardness of 5. 56hard enough to