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Anatase & Brookite

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Anatase & Brookite

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Description
Locality: 
La Alcazaba Outcrops, Adra, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 4.2 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
58.00gr
Description

Spectacular specimen of rutile and brookite crystals on quartz matrix from this small alpine outcrop found during work on the highway in Adra, Almería.

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...

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

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