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Smoky Quartz & Rutile

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Smoky Quartz & Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5 × 8.5 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
8.50cm
Weight: 
68.00gr
Description

A group of sparkling smoky quartz crystals included with lustrous yellow rutile and metallic hematite crystals. The longest smokey quartz extends along the base of the crystal group and measures 8.5 cm. It is penetrated by numerous other clear smoky quartz crystals. At the right side of the longest smoky quartz, there are two partial hematite-rutile stars, characteristic of the locality. The base of the crystal group is all crystalline sprinkled with tiny hematite blades. Much better in reality than in the photo.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0

Rutile

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal - Ditetragonal Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Rutile locality, Horcajuelo de la Sierra, Madrid, Spain

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