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Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Ambalindum Station, Harts Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.3 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.70cm
Description

A good Australian rutile specimen exhibiting geniculate twinning. These opaque striated crystals are not terminated and the smaller crystal has been broken across leaving it's cast behind in the quartz matrix.

However it displays well and comes with previous label.

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
Gondwana Minerals