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Fuchsite & Rutile

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Fuchsite & Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Kukh-i-Lal, Pyandzh Valley, Gorno Badakhshan, Tajikistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 4.3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Not often seen: from the Pamir Mts. comes this highly interesting specimen of translucent green fuchsite crystals with some reddish-brwon rutile crystals on matrix. Base is sawn but unobtrusive.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fuchsite

Variety Of: 

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Formula: 
K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2
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

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Best regards Roger