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Hematite & Rutile

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Hematite & Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.1 × 0.8 cm
Description

A classic swiss haematite specimen, with lustrous hexagonal pladed crystals of haematite overgrown with many red rutile crystals. Only minor chipping; mounted on a fine perspex socle! Top quaity all around.

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