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Rock Crystal & Rutile

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Rock Crystal & Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Fäldbach Valley, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 2.1 × 2 cm
Description

A elongated rock crystal with attractive texture and glossy faces - and needles of fiery red rutile inside of it. A more rare and uncommon specimen from this famous locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rock Crystal

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
Hardness: 
0.0

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