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Anatase & Monazite

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Anatase & Monazite

Collected 1861 !
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 6.5 × 2.3 cm
Description

Extremely old specimen of beautiful blue to black anatase crystals and one orange monazite crystal on schist matrix.

Specimen comes with two wonderful and very old labels.

Collected 1861 !

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...

Monazite

Group Parent: 
Monazite Group