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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 44594 |
| Mineral: | Rutile (eightling-twin) |
| Locality: | Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas |
| Description: | Classic eightling-twinned dark rutile crystals with no matrix attached. The eightling-twin is the result of repeated twinning in a circular formation producing eight crystals each twinned to the adjacent crystals. Ex. Henry D. Miller (1838-1919 or 1920) collection, (see Final Disposition Of Some American Collections Of Minerals, Frederick A. Canfield, 1923), bequeathed to the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1909; ex. Loomis-Chaffee School |
| Overall Size: | 25x24x22 mm |
| Crystals: | 10-15 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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