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Rutile & Hematite In Quartz

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Rutile & Hematite In Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm
Description

A good example of golden coloured needles of rutile that have grown epitaxially on black tabular hematite crystals of superb lustre. The groups are included, like frozen, inside a totally transparent quartz crystal that is doubly terminated.

Acquired in 1981, Ex Jan Sibtsen #2652.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

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

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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