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Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.6 × 0.8 cm
Description

Floater specimen of rutile crystals that are cyclically twinned as a flattened aggregate. It has rounded edges as a result of fluvial transport.

Ex. René Virlet specimen. According to the associated label he obtained it from the University of Liege, via Mr. Delferrière.

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

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