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Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Pfitsch Valley, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4 × 2.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.90cm
Description

Lustrous black rutile from Vizze valley with a late 19th century label.

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