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Rutile

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Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Drot Valley, Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 3.9 × 1.7 cm
Description

Highly lustrous, exposed and end-pointed Rutile crystals attractively set in the centre of light matrix. A really attractive Alpino-type specimen! No g´significant demages to report.

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