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Rutile

Former collection Burger (Switzerland)
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Vordere Chollergrabe, Lärchultini, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5.9 × 7.7 × 5.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

Dark red, very lustrous rutile crystals from this famous Swiss locality. Rutile crystals display nicely and are very well crystallized. Locally partially transparent when backlit, displaying a ruby red color. The specimen is part of a vein within metamorphic matrix, mineralized with quartz and adularia, originally coated by iron oxides that have been carefully removed.

Quite good oldtimer specimen! Former collection Burger (Switzerland). Pre-1950s specimen, relabeled in modern times.

Previous labels supplied (not photographed)
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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