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Rutile & Albite

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Rutile & Albite

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Description
Locality: 
Lanterdan Quarry, Tintagel, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Weight: 
5.00gr
Description

A matrix of cream albite and quartz crystals hosts a small vug containing intersecting bright twinned rutile crystals.

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

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

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