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Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Zillertal, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.3 × 3.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.00cm
Description

A very thick, redbrown rutile crystal in matrix from an old find in the Ziller Valley, Austria.

Ex Armin Wendland collection - acquired 1972

 

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