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Titanite

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Titanite

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Description
Locality: 
Gamsmutter, Habach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

For Alps this is really a remarkable size. The twinned crystal is complete and sharp terminated all around. It shows a yellow-grren color with intergrown chlorite on one side. The faces are highly lustrous.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Titanite

Formula: 
CaTi(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AG.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Titanite occurrence, Hauzenberg, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany