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Rutile

Former collection Weber (CH) & Christian Mavris
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Description
Locality: 
Stocker Alp, Neukirchen am Großvenediger, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5.4 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.10cm
Weight: 
149.00gr
Description

An old specimen of carbonate-bearing matrix featuring thick, sizeable brick red rutile crystals with great lustre. I believe that the specimen has been slightly etched to expose the rutile, and it is possible that further etching could reveal further crystals of similar quality.

Unusual material nowadays, this specimen comes from the old (pre-1951) collection Weber (CH). On the side of the specimen, a small paper label reveals that this specimen must have been even older than that. Also, from my personal collection.

An Alpine oldtimer. 

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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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