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Titanite & Rhodonite

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Titanite & Rhodonite

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Description
Locality: 
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 5 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Description

A very attractive, colourfull and quite rare sample of titanite on rhodonite from the Uchucchacua Mine, Peru. The specimen has a good coverage of sharp lustrous yellowish titanite crystals up to 4 mm on a matrix of small intense pink rhodonite crystals.

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

Rhodonite

Formula: 
MnSiO3
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kaiser Franz Mine (König Wilhelm Mine), Schävenholz (Schebenholz; Schäbenholz), Elbingerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Cartils Minerals

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