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Rutile

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Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Kipushi Mine, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3 × 5.7 × 5.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Weight: 
90.00gr
Description

Nice specimen from Congo with a myriad of big deep red rutile crystals of excellent brightness on matrix. Crystals are present in different shides of the piece as shown by photos and the biggest one measures 0.7 X 0.7 Cm.

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

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