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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: 
2.4 × 2.8 × 1.56 cm
Weight: 
14.00gr
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.
 

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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