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Brookite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.40cm
Weight: 
6.00gr
Description

Sculptural miniature featuring two brown elongated brookite crystals, elegantly perched on crystalline quartz matrix. The main crystal is well over 1 cm long, features a darker 'glasuhr' core, well-developed along its c axis. A second crystal stands on the side, associated to a water clear quartz crystal. 
Great lustre and excellent crystal growth features. A couple of minimal contacts on one thin side (contact from another crystal in the fissure?).

A very elegant specimen from this classic locality which has provided some of the world's finest brookite.

Former collection Lehmann (CH).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brookite

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Twll Maen Grisial, Fron Olau, Prenteg, Gwynedd (Caernarvonshire), Wales, UK

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