Rutile

  
Rutile pseudomorphs after brookite
Origin: Magnet Cove, Arkansas (Titanium Corporation mine that was active between 1939 and 1944)
Sample size: 12 x 8 x 4.5 cm
 
Origin: MacGregor Lake, Templeton, Quebec, Canada
ex. Ian Nicklin Collection
Sample size: 2.25 x 2 x 1.5 cm
 
Origin: Polk County, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
 
Origin: Parkesburg, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
ex. Robert Linck Collection
Sample size: 2 x 1.2 x 1 cm
 
  
Origin: Parkesburg, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
ex. Haverford College, Robert Linck Collections
Sample size: 3.5 x 3 x 2.25 cm
 
  
Rutile twin
Origin: Brumado, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 3.6 x 3 x 1 cm
 
Rutile pseudomorph after brookite
Origin: Magnet Cove, Hot Springs County, Arkansas, U.S.A.
ex. Ernie Schlicter Collection
Sample size: 2 x 2 x 1.7 cm
 
  
Eightling twin
Origin: Magnet Cove, Hot Springs, Arkansas,  U.S.A.
ex. Robert Linck Collection
Sample size: 3.5 x 2.25 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Rutile twin in pyrophyllite
Origin: Champion mine, White Mts., Mono Co., California, U.S.A.
Owner: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Sample size: crystal about 1.5 cm
 
Rutile in quartz
Origin: Kapudzkuk, Azerbaijan
Sample size: 5 x 5 x 3.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Anthony Kampf, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Origin: Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: twinned crystal to 2 cm
 
 
  
 

Rutile pseudomorph after anatase
Origin: Cuiaba district, Gouveia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample Size: top 2 cm x 6 mm, bottom 2.5 x 1.2 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Rutile with chloritoid
Origin: Pech, Kunar Province, Nuristan, Afghanistan
Sample size: 2.6 x 2 x 1.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone
 

Origin: Onganja, Namibia
Sample size: 2 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

Origin: Kuhberg Quarry, Neumühle, Greiz, Thuringia, Germany
Picture size: 5 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

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