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Rutile On Quartz

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Rutile On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Kapudzhukh, Zangezur Mountains, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 3.2 × 1.9 cm
Description

A fine combination piece with two, in parallel associated, well developed crystals of Rutile, set on a Quartz cluster. The Rutile is sharp edged, mirror bright and excellent terminated. The display side of the crystals is almost perfect, the backside features  some contacts. A fine and contrastful specimen.

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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