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Hematite With Rutile On Quartz

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QRI873201

Hematite With Rutile On Quartz

Former H. Maucher, Munich
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 4.2 × 4.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Weight: 
58.00gr
Description

A beautiful miniature of hematite blades elegantly perched on quartz. Hematite is of great quality, lustrous and with minimal bruising. Acouple of brown rutile crystals are epitaxially grown on them 

Very good miniature from this classic Swiss locality. Glued in an acrylic box for best stability, the specimen has been marked as repaired. 

Former H. Maucher (Munich), with its original label.

 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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