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Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Arondu, Basha Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.2 × 2.1 cm
Description

You are looking at a superb, doubly terminated crystal of Rutile contrastful perched on grainy, crystallized Feldspar. The highly lustrous Rutile is very well defined, sharp edged with a clear vertical striation. So far I can see, the Rutile is pristine. A super piece.

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
Wendel Minerals

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