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Anatase Rutile & Brookite

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Anatase Rutile & Brookite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection.

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Description
Locality: 
Piz Beverin, Mathon, Schams, Hinterrhein, Grisons, Switzerland
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Golden transparent dipyramids of anatase with gold coloured sprays of rutile and a single blocky dark brown brookite crystal from Piz Bevern, Grishun, Switzerland.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anatase

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

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

Brookite

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Twll Maen Grisial, Fron Olau, Prenteg, Gwynedd (Caernarvonshire), Wales, UK
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