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Quartz With Rutile & Fuchsite Inclusions

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Quartz With Rutile & Fuchsite Inclusions

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Description
Locality: 
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.2 × 1.9 cm
Description

Stunning crystal from this find,rarely seen: inclusion of red rutile (sagenite) and muscovite (var. fuchsite) in the same crystal! Better in reality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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

Fuchsite

Variety Of: 

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Formula: 
K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2
Hardness: 
0.0

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