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Rutile

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Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Val Pulita Quarry, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 2.9 × 1.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.25cm
Weight: 
19.00gr
Description

Beautiful spray of thick elongated rutile crystals with exceptional metallic lustre. On the edge of a small lined crack within the classic candid white saccharoid marble. 

Striking constrast for this choice thumbnail!

Weight includes the original plastic box, where the specimen has been hot glued - although it can be easily removed with some alcohol.

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

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