AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from California > Rutile (twinned crystals) |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 59339 |
Mineral: | Rutile (twinned crystals) |
Locality: | Champion Mine, 6 km WSW of White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California |
Description: | Lustrous red-black twinned rutile crystals with remnants of brown pyrophyllite on the bottom where they were attached. These rutile crystals are unusually clean and translucent, unlike most of the rutile crystals from this locality. |
Overall Size: | 26x22x15 mm |
Crystals: | 22-24 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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