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Quartz Albite & Titanite

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Quartz Albite & Titanite

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Description
Locality: 
Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Yellowish sphene crystals and white albite perched on a clear quartz crystal

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

Titanite

Formula: 
CaTi(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AG.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Titanite occurrence, Hauzenberg, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany