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Rutile In Quartz

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Rutile In Quartz

ex Collection Dr. Brandt (Northeim/Germany)

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Description
Locality: 
Modriach, Edelschrott, Voitsberg District, Styria, Austria
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 4 × 3.2 cm
Description

Nice polished piece of rutile in quartz

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White