Titanite

  
Titanite with orthoclase
Origin: Zillerthal, Tyrol, Austria
Ex. Richard Hauck collection
Sample size: 10.6 x 5.6 x 4.3 cm
 
  
  
Twinned titanite with epidote
Origin: Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Irv Brown collection
Sample size: 2.2 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm
 
  
  
Titanite with albite
Origin: Imichil, Anti-Atlas Mtns., Morocco
Sample size: 22.0 x 15.5 x 9.7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
This specimen is host to two adjoined and twinned crystal of lime colored titanite. The specimen was cracked in situ and then healed with minute epidote crystals. The largest sphene is 2.2 cm in length.
  
Twin
Origin: Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 6 x 4.7 x 2.2 cm (top/2nd row), 3.8 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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