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Anatase

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Switzerland
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 3 × 2.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Description

Several black to darkblue and partely translucent anatase crystals on quartz matrix. As noted on the historic old label there are 3 single anatase crystals with the specimen.

Collected before 1900 !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anatase

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...