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Torbernite & Rutile

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Torbernite & Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Epprechtstein Quarry, Fichtel Mountains, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 2 × 1.2 cm
Description

 Nice green torbernite crystals and rutile crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Torbernite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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