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Hematite and Rutile from Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil

 
Hematite and Rutile from Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil

Hematite and Rutile from Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil

Hematite and Rutile from Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 79443
Mineral:Hematite and Rutile
Locality:Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
Description:Lustrous needle-like yellow-metallic rutile crystals to 5 mm intergrown in with platy black-metallic hematite crystals to 10 mm. The rutile crystals are in parallel groups at 60° angles because of the epitaxial relationship to the hematite. Ex. D. Swenson collection; originally acquired from Larry Rush
Overall Size:20x16x3 mm
Crystals:2-10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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