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Rutile In Quartz On Calcite

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RBR92265

Rutile In Quartz On Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Große Fleiß Valley, Heiligenblut am Großglockner, Spittal an der Drau, Carinthia, Austria
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4.5 × 2 cm
Description

Two double terminated rock crystals (47mm and 53mm) resting on a single crystal of calcite.

The rock crystals are very glossy and clear. Internal and on the rock crystals are dark red rutiles.

Specimen is a floater. It was found at Moderegg, near the Hirtenhütte between Hochtor and Hocharn in August 2008.

Ex-Martin Gruell Alpine Collection.

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

Quartz

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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