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Titanite

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Titanite

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Description
Locality: 
Kristallwand, Frosnitz Valley, Lienz District, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1 × 0.5 cm
Description

Usually Titanite from Austrian Alps comes from Salzburg county and usually it is green. This specimen is from an unique isolated discovery in Tyrol - so it unify two very uncommon indicators: the locality and the cognac-like color. This wonderful crystal shows excellent translucency, sharp termination and superb luster - the internal colors are just wonderful, it really has "fire".

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