2.2" Lustrous Rutile Crystals - Graves Mountain, Georgia

This specimen contains a beautiful, deep red-black rutile crystal with a metallic-like luster, on a rutile-pyrophyllite matrix. The largest rutile crystal in the center of the specimen looks to have a transverse stress fracture through the center of the crystal, and scuffing around one end. Otherwise, this a truly fantastic rutile crystal specimen.

Rutile is an oxide mineral composed primarily of TiO2, though iron is a typical chemical variation. It comes in a wide variety of crystal forms, from lustrous metallic-looking crystals and thin straw-like crystals to even deep red crystals with slight translucence. Rutile also forms needle-like inclusion with other minerals, most commonly with quartz. Rarer polymorphs of rutile (TiO2) include anatase and brookite, both of which have unique crystal structures.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Rutile
LOCATION
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia
SIZE
2.2" long, 2.1" wide. Largest crystal is 1.6" long
CATEGORY
ITEM
#47855