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Rutile & Hematite

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Rutile & Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.36 × 2.15 × 0.35 cm
Description

Golden acicular rutile needles on shiny tabular hematite. The crystals of rutile, which are brilliant yellow and have golden reflections, have grown epitaxially on tabular hematite.
From the recent finds, with golden acicular crystals of rutile radiating from a center of platy, lustrous hematite.
 

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

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