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.
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Crystal structure |
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Cubical |
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Hardness |
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7,5 - 8 |
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Colour |
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Commonly dark green |
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Shine |
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Glass |