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Titanite

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Titanite

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Description
Locality: 
Erlbach Alp, Amerbach Valley, Felber Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.5 × 0.9 cm
Description

This sharp terminated twinned crystal shows very good translucency, the first two photos in the galery show the specimen under daylight on light background, the third photo on dark background shows the crystal with moderately backlight - the internal color is really impressive! Minor chlorite is attachted to some faces, lowest bottom was on the rock.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Titanite

Formula: 
CaTi(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AG.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Titanite occurrence, Hauzenberg, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany