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Titanite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Habach Valley, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 1.3 × 0.3 cm
Description

This titanite comes from a very old find from the Habachtal. It is a thin single crystal, doubly terminated as a floater. The faces are shiny and partially dusted with some chlorite. The crystal is translucent to glassy in light brown to light orange color. Undamaged floater specimen of considerable size!

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