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Anatase On Dolomite

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Anatase On Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Tormiq, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Weight: 
23.00gr
Description

Lustrous brown-red anatase against white dolomite. Red natase is fairly rare and this is the first time we've seen it from Pakistan.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anatase

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White