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Rutile

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Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Gibelhorn, Saflisch Valley, Östlich Raron, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 7 × 1.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Beautiful black, highly lustrous reticulated rutile crystals up to 1.0 cm tall on pericline crystals from Gibelhorn in the Swiss Alps. A really aesthetic rutile specimen, a good addition to any collection of Alpine minerals. The fact that the bottom of the specimen has been sawn off does not take naything away off its aesthetic appeal.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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
Wendel Minerals

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