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Rutile & Calcite

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Rutile & Calcite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection.

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Description
Locality: 
Bova Gronda, Disentis, Vorderrhein, Grisons, Switzerland
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 1.8 × 1.3 cm
Description

A specimen that is definitely having a bad hair day.

Golden brown acicular rutile crystals richly covering a matrix of bonded calcite granules

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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