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Anatase & Rutile

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Anatase & Rutile

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Ankogel Group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2 × 0.7 cm
Description

Nice specimen with numerous orange anatase crystals. Some rutile needles are also present, the matrix is quartz and dark green clinochlore.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anatase

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

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
Loranth Minerals

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