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Titanite

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Description
Locality: 
Röt Valley, Predoi, South Tirol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 8 × 7 cm
Description

This is a very good and rich alpine Sphene specimen from Peter Knijnenburg collection.

Lustrous golden yellow sphene crystals up to 12 mm on two sides of the matrix.

Excellent old specimen - collected 1968

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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