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Monazite Anatase & Rutile

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Monazite Anatase & Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 5.1 × 3.1 cm
Description

some pink monazite crystals, yellow anatase , numerous acicular golden rutile and black hematite from Iselle quarry

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Monazite

Group Parent: 
Monazite Group

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...

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