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Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Sri Lanka
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 1.8 × 1.8 cm
Description

Two old brown crystals of rutile with net twinning, from Sri Lanka. Ex. Ennio Contarini (specimen #4236), who put together his important collection in the early 1900’s.

Dimensions are those of the glass container.

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

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