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Rutile

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Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.20cm
Description

A wine-red, 2.2 cm large crystal fragment of Rutile on mica shist matrix from Binn valley.

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