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Rutile Var Sagenite

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Rutile Var Sagenite

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Description
Locality: 
Mellitzbach Valley, Virgen, Lienz District, Tyrol, Austria
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

Beautiful redbrown sagenite crystals on quartz from an older collection.

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