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Brookite

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Locality: 
Hardangervidda, Vestland, Norway
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.6 × 0.2 cm
Description

Euhedral tabular crystallized brookite of 12 mm, that is a very good size for the locality. It is a bicoloured piece, with light brown borders. It is a doubly-terminated crystal, undamaged, with an indentation at the border that is a contact with other crystals, but it is not broken.

Found by J.Sibtsen in 1975-77. Ex Jan Sibtsen #2523.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brookite

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Twll Maen Grisial, Fron Olau, Prenteg, Gwynedd (Caernarvonshire), Wales, UK

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