Mineral: Rutile on Rutile after Hematite
Locality: Ambatofinandrahana, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
Dimensions: 9.5 x 3 x 11.5 cm / main crystal: 2.9 cm.

Description: Mass: 153 g MIM number: 1336 Probable year of extraction : 2011 Lustrous, cream-colored superimposed rutile plates pseudomorphing hematite, on which red rutile crystals have developed in sagenite twins on both sides. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;

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