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Rutile

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Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Kinyanfumbe, Eastern Province, Zambia
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.8 × 0.6 cm
Description

Litlle piece but great specimen of bright cyclic twinned rutile crystals (similar to the ones from Magnet Cove, Arkansas, but much more brilliant).

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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