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Anatase & Tourmaline

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Anatase & Tourmaline

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Description
Locality: 
Föckelberg, Altenglan, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 0.9 × 0.5 cm
Description

A nice combination of bluish Anatase and green Tourmaline from Föckelberg. Föckelberg-Hochbusch is a forestry area with altered sandstones containing tiny Tourmaline needles and also Anatase and Brookite. Collected in 1999.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anatase

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

Tourmaline

Formula: 
A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7