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Anatase Brookite & Rock Crystal

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Anatase Brookite & Rock Crystal

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Description
Locality: 
Susten Pass, Meien Valley, Uri, Switzerland
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 4.9 × 1.5 cm
Description

Very nice specimen with more than two dozen metallic-blue to greenish black perfect anatase crystals with some nice brown, translucent brookite crystals. The backside is full of waterclear rock crystals. Found in the area between Sustenpass and Trift Glacier.

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...

Brookite

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Twll Maen Grisial, Fron Olau, Prenteg, Gwynedd (Caernarvonshire), Wales, UK

Rock Crystal

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
Hardness: 
0.0

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