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Rutile & Hematite

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Rutile & Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Kongsli, Vinstra, Nord-Fron, Innlandet, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 5.3 × 3.6 cm
Description

On a light grey metamorphic feldspathic sandstone and on a lawn of small quartz crystals several partially very nice aggregates with epitaxial growth of rutile on hematite are set. The aggregates are mostly approx. 0.5 cm in size.

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

Hematite

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

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