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Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Murwinkel, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 5.1 × 4.3 cm
Description

Rutiles from Alps are very rare and difficult to find. The area of Lungau has less clefts and even worst conditions than any other alpine locality for rutile, so we have to rank this one even higher. The particular specimen show highly lustrous crystals set on white matrix - very fine quality, great contrast!

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