| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from North Carolina > Rutile |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 70777 |
| Mineral: | Rutile |
| Locality: | Hiddenite, Alexander County, North Carolina |
| Description: | Large lustrous transparent dark-red rutile crystal with no matrix attached, but with remnants of red-brown laterite in crevices. The rutile crystal is terminated with many parallel faces and the termination end has a spiral depressed area. Ex. Robert Drayer collection |
| Overall Size: | 28x12x10 mm |
| Crystals: | 28 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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