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Rutile

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Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Basha Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1.1 × 0.9 cm
Description

The crystal is sharp terminated and highly lustrous with lot of very interesting modifications and additional end-points. A really fine crystal from this most uncommon locality. No significant damages to report, bottom was on the rock.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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