Rutile

Twin
  
Origin: Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
Sample size: 16 x 6 x 15 mm (top), 1.7 x 1.2 x 4.4 cm (bottom)
 
Rutile with hematite
Origin: Ibitiara, Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil
Sample size: 20 x 7 x 17 mm
 
  
Rutile with hematite
Origin: Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil
Sample size: 25 x 10 x 17 mm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
  
Rutile epitaxial on hematite
Origin: Novo Horizonte, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sample size: 5.7 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm
 
  
  
Three, lustrous, cyclic-twinned rutile crystals to 1.4 cm perched atop contrasting granitic matrix
Origin: Iragni, Tessin, Switzerland
Ex. Wein collection
Sample size: 9.8 x 6.0 x 4.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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