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Hematite & Rutile

Luiz Menezes Minerals
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Description
Locality: 
Ibiajara District, Rio do Pires, Bahia, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 5 × 1.7 cm
Description

Very interesting and nice brazilian specimen: a boxwork of gunmetal black tabular lustrous hematite crystals hosts brownish to orange-yellowish rutile which has grown epitaxial on the hematite. Some of the hematite crystals are broken, overall the specimen is still really nice. This was one of the last specimens i acquired from the late Luiz Menezes, a real gentleman i had the honour to know and meet!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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

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Best regards Roger