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Rutile

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Oropa, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.5 × 6.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Weight: 
132.00gr
Description

Nice and big deep red Rutile crystals up to 13 mm on quartz matrix from Italian classic locality.

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