Mineral: Brookite
Locality: Thurdook (Thurdok), Zard Mountain, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
Dimensions: 6 x 3 x 12 cm / main crystal: 8.0 cm

Description: Mass: 65 g MIM number:2046 Large, red-brown, translucent, flat rectangular crystal, perfectly formed on a piece of matrix studded with small quartz crystals. There are also small side crystals of brookite jutting out of the base of the large one. This specimen is intact all around and seems to be a floater. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence Publication: "extra Lapis 60: Titanmineralien"

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