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Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Flaten Station, Åmli, Agder, Norway
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5.6 × 4.8 cm
Weight: 
325.00gr
Description

A huge single reddish-brown coloured and terminated single rutile crystal with several faces is coated by small light brown coloured titanite crystals that are visible under the microscope (confirmed by XRD analysis).

The specimen was collected by the land owner in the 1970ies. I visited this small location approx. 15 years ago but there were no well crystallized samples left. Please note that this locality is not registered on mindat.

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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