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Quartz With Rutile & Xenotime-(Y)

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Quartz With Rutile & Xenotime-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Zagi Mountain, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 6 × 5.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

A specimen with a difference! Sharp transparent quartz crystals are included by golden rutile needles.

On the reverse side lies an orangey yellow doubly terminated xenotime y crystal.

A surprising and very aesthetic Zagi Mountain specimen!

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

Xenotime-(Y)

Formula: 
Y(PO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.35
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway
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