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Anatase On Quartz

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Anatase On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Valleggia Glacier, Valleggia Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4 × 3.2 cm
Description

Hundreds of small higly lustrous red anatase on needle quartz. As you can see on the pictures the quartz needles are rich covered with bloody red to dark orange anatase. Well crystalized all around as undamaged floater-piece. A rare specimen from this location!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anatase

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

Quartz

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