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Rutile

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Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Kinyanfumbe, Eastern Province, Zambia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 4 × 2.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

A showy display specimen with a rich coverage of lustrous striated deep red twinned rutile crystals up to 7 mm on a light brown limonite matrix.

From a limited find in 2007.

Mineral Data
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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
Cartils Minerals

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