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Rutile

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Kapudzhukh, Zangezur Mountains, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 5.1 × 2.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Weight: 
97.00gr
Description

From this classic locality, a nice specimen featuring a couple of sharp, jet black, fully lustrous crystals of rutile associated to a crude orange quartz crystal. The main rutile is in mint conditions, while the second group shows some conchoidal surfaces.

Professionally trimmed to the best display, from the former Bernardoni collection (I).

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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