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Rutile Var Sagenite On Chlorite

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Rutile Var Sagenite On Chlorite

ex collection Eugen Kreidler
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Description
Locality: 
Plattenkogel South Slope, Mallnitz, Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia, Austria
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 3.9 × 2.5 cm
Description

Very beautiful specimen with glossy, brownish red sagenite crystals on three sides of dark green, massive chlorite matrix. Much better, glossier in nature.

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

Sagenite

Variety Of: 

Rutile

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Synonym Of: 

Sagenite (of Kunz)

Hardness: 
0.0

Sagenite (of Saussure)

Hardness: 
0.0

Chlorite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorite Group

Group Parent: 
Chlorite
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2 - 2.5
Colour: 
Green, Grey, Brown
Streak: 
colourless

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