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Rutile On Hematite

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Rutile On Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Samuteba Mine, Mwinilunga Distict, North-Western Province, Zambia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 3.8 × 3.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.20cm
Description

Red-brown rutile crystals on shiny metallic-gray hematite.The largest hematite crystal measures 3.2 cm.

As usual for this locality only a few of the rutile crystals are in a fairly good condition.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Hematite

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

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