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Anatase & Titanite

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Anatase & Titanite

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Description
Locality: 
Jones Mine, Zirconia, Henderson County, North Carolina, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 2.2 × 2 cm
Description

Yellow anatase (xanthitane) as alteration after titanite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anatase

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

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