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Quartz & Rutile

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Quartz & Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 3.2 × 3.1 cm
Description

Awesome quartz crystal which is completely streaked in shiny golden rutile needels at the bottom.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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