Mineral: Rutile
Locality: Tétikanana, Ambatofinandrahana, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
Dimensions: 8,5 x 2,5 x 11,0 cm

Description: Main crystal size: 5.6 cm Brilliant, dark cream-colored superimposed plates of rutile in probable hematite pseudomorphosis, on which thick, reddish rutile crystals have developed in sagenite twins on both sides. A small hematite remains encrusted on one of the faces. MIM number 1337 Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza

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