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Brookite

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Brookite

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Description
Locality: 
Ankogel Group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.8 × 1.6 cm
Description

Fantastic deep red and well defined Brookite crystal in a vug of the chlorite-quartz matrix.

Beautiful small specimen from Armin Wendland collection

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brookite

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Twll Maen Grisial, Fron Olau, Prenteg, Gwynedd (Caernarvonshire), Wales, UK