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Rutile & Pericline

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Rutile & Pericline

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Description
Locality: 
Seidlwinkl Valley, Rauris, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 5.2 × 2.4 cm
Description

This is a wonderful floater of red - golden very glossy rutile grown on pericline. All in all a very good alpine specimen-no damage.

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

Pericline

Variety Of: 

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0