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Titanite On Quartz

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Titanite On Quartz

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Imilchil, Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Mixed Specimens
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.6 × 5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Thin, long rock crystals overgrown with countless moss-green, transparent titanite of up to 1 cm length. Additionally, many larger and smaller calcite has grown on the rock crystals. The quartz crystals are healed on the base, crystallized and additionally overgrown with calcite crystals. A floater piece with no visible damage.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Titanite

Formula: 
CaTi(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AG.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Titanite occurrence, Hauzenberg, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Quartz

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