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Rutile on Quartz from Lochan-na-Lairige western shore, Ben Lawers, Tayside (Perthshire), Scotland

 
Rutile on Quartz from Lochan-na-Lairige western shore, Ben Lawers, Tayside (Perthshire), Scotland

Rutile on Quartz from Lochan-na-Lairige western shore, Ben Lawers, Tayside (Perthshire), Scotland

DESCRIPTION:No. 58234
Mineral:Rutile on Quartz
Locality:Lochan-na-Lairige western shore, Ben Lawers, Tayside (Perthshire), Scotland
Description:Many lustrous translucent red-brown lath-like rutile crystals to 15 mm running through translucent colorless quartz with translucent green micaceous crystals to 1 mm of an unidentified mineral, possibly muscovite or clinochlore. Collected in August 2006
Overall Size:3x2x1.5 cm
Crystals:1-8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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