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Quartz With Rutile Inclusions

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Quartz With Rutile Inclusions

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Description
Locality: 
Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.2 × 0.85 cm
Description

A oval shape faceted quartz with needles of brownish Rutile inclusions .  Since there are no growth inhibitions found on the rock crystal and since the fibers run through the crystal at random directions, the fibers very likely predate the rock crystals and have been embedded in the quartz substance later.

Size :  16 x 12 x 0.85 mm - Weight : 11.7 ct

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

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