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Quartz & Rutile

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Quartz & Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Hardangervidda, Vestland, Norway
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.7 × 3 cm
Description

A very rare sample of smoky quartz with rutile needles as inclusions. Usually the locality is well known for anatase, quartz and rutile are quite uncommon - we had the luck to get some samples from a field-collector who worked there. First photo was done with minor backlight, second under daylight.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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