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Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Eisenbach, Titisee-Neustadt, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Jet-black, glossy rutile crystals on pegmatite (feldspar, quartz + ... ?) matrix. It seems there's some minor pyromorphite present.

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

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