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Rutile On Astrophyllite

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Rutile On Astrophyllite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection.

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Description
Locality: 
Carver's Claim, Wadnaminga, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2 × 1.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

A lusterous dark red to black twinned doubly terminated rutile crystal on an astrophyllite matrix from carvers Claim , in the Wadnaminga Goldfield's

This is a very large and fine crystal for this deposit.

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

Astrophyllite

Formula: 
(K,Na)3(Fe,Mn)7Ti2Si8O24(O,OH)7
Strunz: 
9.DC.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
Golden
Type Locality: 
Låven (Skådön; Lamö; Lamanskjaer), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway
Earthstones Australia

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