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Rutile & Hematite

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Rutile & Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Mwinilunga, North-Western Province, Zambia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4 × 1.5 cm
Description

Epitaxial growth of red-brown twinned rutile on a tabular ilmenite crystal

pseudomorphed by rutile and hematite. 

Found in 2007

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

Hematite

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

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