Info: This spindelide usually have black, dark green, blue, rarely yellow to brown colour.
How to recognize: It can be easly mistaken for other mineral from the spindelide group. Gahnite can only be recognized from magnetite, as it have no magnetic qualities.
Found: In USA, Brasil, Germany. In Czech Republic is found rarely in pegmatites in Otov, Maršíkov, and with wolfram in Cetoraze.
Crystal structure |
Cubical |
Hardness |
7,5 - 8 |
Colour |
Commonly dark green |
Shine |
Glass |