Rutile

Reticulated rutile

Origin: Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 3.3 x 2.8 x 0.1 cm (top), 2.8 x 1.7 x 0.2 cm (bottom)

Reticulated rutile

Origin: Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 5.2 x 2.4 x 0.2 cm

Rutile on limonite pseudomorph after siderite

Origin: Boiling Springs , a small town west of Charlotte , Cleveland County , North Carolina, U.S.A.

Ex. Ernie Schlichter collection

Sample size: 11.1 x 10.8 x 4 cm

Rutile paramorph after brookite

Origin: Magnet Cove, Arkansas, U.S.A.

Sample size: 3.5 x 2.6 x 2 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

Rutile pseudomorph after brookite

Origin: Titanium Mine, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2 x 2 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Diederik Visser

Origin: Graves Mountain Mines, Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia, U.S.A.

Sample size: 4.8 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

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