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Hematite Rutile & Quartz

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Hematite Rutile & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Lustrous hematite blades carrying partially gemmy, deep red rutile crystals attached to a small rock crystal with rehealed bottom. The crack in the left-hand blade is filled with some (carbonatic?) adherence, thus seems to be of natural tectonic origin. There are some contacts at the top section of the left-hand blade mainly visible from the backside.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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Hematite, Rutile & Quartz

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