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Rutile

Former collection Christian Mavris

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Description
Locality: 
Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 2.9 × 2.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Weight: 
38.00gr
Description

Rich drusy consisting of dark red, striated rutile crystals in quartzite matrix. Good lustre for the rutile and pretty rich for the locality. 

Self collected in 2001. Pollone mine is closed since approximately 40 years and the area is abandoned, with findings becoming progressively difficult to occur due to continuous collapses.

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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