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Rutile Psm Anatase

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RBR601228

Rutile Psm Anatase

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Description
Locality: 
Cuiabá, Gouveia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm
Description

Pseudomorphs are very interesting, there's always something I haven't seen before. Just like this one. Comparing rutile and anatase by chemistry, it's almost the same TiO2. But the structure is completly different, the habit, the color.
Did you ask yourself how a combination of both minerals would look like? Here it is! A pseudomorph of rutile after anatase. It's a ver interesting and showy combination. The habit of the anatase remained, but it was replaced by brilliant rutile.
This is changing everything, the habit and color do not fit - it's crazy! This specimen might be small, but it's unique and in excellent quality. It's a perfect floater, no damages to find.

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

Anatase

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

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