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Sagenite & Albite

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Sagenite & Albite

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Description
Locality: 
Formazza Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.1 × 5.1 × 3.1 cm
Description

several groups of brown red sagentite crystals on albite and quartz

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sagenite

Variety Of: 

Rutile

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Synonym Of: 

Sagenite (of Kunz)

Hardness: 
0.0

Sagenite (of Saussure)

Hardness: 
0.0

Albite

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