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Anatase & Brookite

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Anatase & Brookite

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Description
Locality: 
Bagdad Mine, Eureka District, Yavapai County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm
Description

Tiny but sharp crystals of anatase and brookite from Bagdad, Arizona.   Both of these species are very rarely seen from Arizona, and are new additions to the suite of minerals known from Bagdad.   This material is from the late Erich Laskowski, an employee of the mine, and was discovered in material from his estate.   

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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...

Brookite

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Twll Maen Grisial, Fron Olau, Prenteg, Gwynedd (Caernarvonshire), Wales, UK

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