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Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Zagi Mountain, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 5.8 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.60cm
Description

Black, lustrous, prismatic, striated rutile crystals up to 16 mm tall on matrix, associated with white, lustrous albite crystals up to 7 mm in size from Zagi Mountain, Pakistan. The crystals have somewhat rounded edges but show otherwise only very few imperfections. 

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

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