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Rock Crystal Rutile & Anatase

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Rock Crystal Rutile & Anatase

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Description
Locality: 
Grieswies - Krumlkeeskopf, Rauris, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 2.7 × 2.1 cm
Description

A water-clear, lustrous and sharp terminated rock crystal with phantoms, tiny needles of rutile and micro-crystals of anatase. This is very rare material for the entire region. No significant damages to report.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rock Crystal

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
Hardness: 
0.0

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

Anatase

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...