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Monazite Rutile & Hematite

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Monazite Rutile & Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

a pink crystal of monazite on albite with numerous golden rutile, black hematite and minor anatase from Iselle quarry, Ossola valley

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Monazite

Group Parent: 
Monazite Group

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

Hematite

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