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Iron Rose & Titanite

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Iron Rose & Titanite

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Description
Locality: 
Itamarandiba, Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm
Description

What a spectacular piece - a well developed floater of iron rose with a second smaller rose inter-grown rectangular in the front and as cherry on the cake: a free-standing, sharp green titanite crystal at the top. The edges of the iron rose show a thin layer - the faces are highly lustrous, the thin layer at the edges is dull - this gives contrast and a great tri-dimensional impact to the piece. A really out-standing sample and a most uncommon combination.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Iron Rose

Variety Of: 

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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