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Brookite Psm Titanite

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Brookite Psm Titanite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Erlbach Alp, Mittersill, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.2 × 0.4 cm
Description

Attention to this extremely rare alpine pseudomorph and Austrian locality. It features a razor sharp, tabular crystal of titanite that has been completely replaced by brown brookite crystals. The polycrystalline nature of this piece is evident, typical for a pseudomorph, and the base is richly spotted by dark green globular chlorite aggregates.

Ex Steven Lemmens specimen.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Titanite

Formula: 
CaTi(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AG.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Titanite occurrence, Hauzenberg, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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