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Hematite & Rutile

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Hematite & Rutile

Dipl. Ing. W. Maucher, Munich
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 2 × 0.4 cm
Description

A single crystal of lustrous metallic hematite with epitaxial growth of prismatic red rutile. Comes in a glass flacon with early 20th century label of Dipl. Ing. W. Maucher, Munich.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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