3.7" Rutile Crystal Cluster - Graves Mountain, Georgia

This specimen contains large, deep red-black rutile crystals with mirror-like luster, on a rutile-pyrophyllite matrix with small amounts of quartz. Some of the rutile crystals have slight scuffing, as many rutile specimens from this locality commonly present.

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 & Quartz
LOCATION
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia
SIZE
3.7" long, 2.1" wide. Largest crystal is 1.1" long
CATEGORY
ITEM
#47842