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Schorl On Quartz & Rutile

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Schorl On Quartz & Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Giftkuppe, Omaruru, Erongo Region, Namibia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.3 × 3 cm
Description

A single quartz crystal with multiple terminations at both ends and included with rutile, The quartz is gemmy to translucent and provides a host for a pair of schorl crystals , one which passes through the core of the quartz and a second on the outside of the crystals, both crystals are reminated, doubly so with the terminations being quiet complex and possibly healed earlier fractures.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schorl

Formula: 
Na(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.0

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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
Earthstones Australia

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