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Mullite & Rutile

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Mullite & Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Loch Scridain, Isle of Mull, Scotland, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.10cm
Description

Intergrown needels of pinkish mullite and darkred rutile in matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mullite

Formula: 
Al4+2xSi2-2xO10-x
Strunz: 
9.AF.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Seabank Villa, Isle of Mull, Strathclyde (Argyllshire), Scotland, UK

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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