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Rutile and Hematite in Smoky Quartz from Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil

 
Rutile and Hematite in Smoky Quartz from Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil

Rutile and Hematite in Smoky Quartz from Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil

Rutile and Hematite in Smoky Quartz from Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 63830
Mineral:Rutile and Hematite in Smoky Quartz
Locality:Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
Description:Smoky quartz with partial crystal of lustrous black-metallic hematite with parallel brown-metallic rutile crystals that grew in epitactic orientation off the hematite. Some of the rutile crystals are fully exposed, others are visible in the smoky quartz
Overall Size:6.5x4.5x2 cm
Crystals:10-20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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