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Rutile

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Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Kapudzhukh, Zangezur Mountains, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.5 × 3.6 cm
Description

Just look at the great luster of this rutile single crystal perfectly balanced in the center of the specimen. It is even accompanied by some quartz crystals.

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