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Rutile Psm Perovskite & Chromoamesite

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Rutile Psm Perovskite & Chromoamesite

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Description
Locality: 
Saranovskii Mine, Saranovskaya, Gorozavodskii, Perm Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.6 × 8.7 × 3.1 cm
Description

Perovskite cubes replaced by rutile and anatase among chromoamesite crystals on a chromite matrix. When using incandescent lamps, the crystals show a purple color (shown in the ninth and tenth pictures) and in daylight it is gray-blue. Some crystals of amesite are greenish and some are zonal colored. The back side was sawn.

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

Perovskite

Formula: 
CaTiO3
Strunz: 
4.CC.30
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Akhmatovskaya Kop' (Achmatovsk Mine), Nazyamskie Mts, Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Chromoamesite

Variety Of: 

Amesite

Formula: 
Mg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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All according to auction rules.If you have questions, or you still want additional photos of minerals, please write.I will try to make sure that you are satisfied with your purchase. For this:
-I will not use any software products to embellish the sample;
-maximum accurately report the size of the sample;
-to measure my knowledge and experience and according to my opinion, honestly make a description.

If you do not like the sample, then I'm ready to give you money back. But, please note that you must inform me of your intentions to return the item, not later than 5 days after its receipt. Otherwise I will consider the transaction to be complete. Return shipping of the item is paid by the buyer. The item must be sent in the same condition as it was received. The buyer is responsible for the return shipping.