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Titanite

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Description
Locality: 
Imilchil, Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 0.9 × 0.8 cm
Description

Gemmy brown titanite crystal with very good defined edges and lustrous faces, with a net internal phantom. A textbook, well-defined monoclinic crystal formed by {111} and {011}, modified by {201}. Minor feldspar matrix is present.

Found in August/2009.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Titanite

Formula: 
CaTi(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AG.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Titanite occurrence, Hauzenberg, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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