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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: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 1.6 × 0.6 cm
Description

The crystal is sharp terminated and very glossy, it is twinned and complete all around. Chlorite is intergrown to the piece - but with modertely backlight it still shows a strong green internal color. The dimension of 6cm in really remarkable and so it should be high ranked for this exceptional dimension.

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