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Rutile Var Sagenite & Quartz

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Rutile Var Sagenite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Leistriedel, Kruml Glacier, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 2.3 × 3 cm
Description

A magnificant alpine treasure. Rutile developed intense red, highly lustrous crystals covering a negative-zepter of rock crystal. Minor chlorite gives even more contrast to this very aesthetic rarity!

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

Sagenite

Variety Of: 

Rutile

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Synonym Of: 

Sagenite (of Kunz)

Hardness: 
0.0

Sagenite (of Saussure)

Hardness: 
0.0

Quartz

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