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Anatase

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Description
Locality: 
Turbe Alp, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5.1 × 3.6 cm
Description

Alpine anatase is an exceptional rarity. They never have the size like crystals from Norway or Pakistan, but for entire Alps these crystals (up to 6,5mm) are already in exceptional dimension! They are highly lustrous, sharp terminated and exposed. Nice contrast and fine addition of a quartz crystal below. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anatase

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...