Rutile

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Brilliantly lustrous hematite with radiating, straw-like crystals of golden rutile.
Origin: Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil, South America

Sample size: 5.3 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm (top/2nd row), 5.1 x 4 x 3.1 cm (3rd row), 4.4 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm (4th row), 4 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm (5th row), 5.2 x 3.6 x 2.2 cm (6th row), 5.3 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm (7th/8th row), 5.2 x 4.3 x 0.5 cm (bottom)

 

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Intergrown cluster of bronze acicular rutile crystals with minor metallic hematite.

Origin: Novo Horizonte, São Paulo, Southeast Region, Brazil

Sample size: 3 x 2.5 x 1.2 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

Glass vial with about 14  reddish rutile crystals, some stream worn;
from a former school collection in The Netherlands

Origin: Brazil

Sample size: 4.6 cm glass vial

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  

Rutile twin

Origin: Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 2.2 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm

 

  

Origin: Mono Co. California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2.5 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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