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Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Kinyanfumbe, Eastern Province, Zambia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Striated rutile crystals in Limonite matrix from the Zambian locality. Deep red crystals from the 2007 find. This find was previously designated to originate from Congo. Later this was corrected as coming from Zambia, close to the border with Congo.

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
Tectonica

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