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Rutile On Hematite

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Rutile On Hematite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 4.5 × 4 cm
Description

These are Swiss classics utterly recognizable and distinct from anything else: gemmy, brilliant red rutile crystals grown epitaxially (oriented) on the surface of lustrous, metallic hematite blades.

This is a very beautiful old specimen with a gemmy quartz crystal and fantastic rutile crystals on hematite crystals.

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