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Hematite Rutile & Adularia

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Hematite Rutile & Adularia

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Description
Locality: 
Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 7.7 × 4 cm
Description

Beautiful, two-sided specimen. Very nice glossy hematite crystal groups with little red rutile on one side, fine cherry-red rutile needles on white adularia and a little hematite on the other. Adularia on both sides + a little greenish mica.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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

Adularia

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6 Ortho - clase

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