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Rutile quartz

Rutile quartz is rock crystal and smoky quartz with enclosed visible golden yellow or copper red rutile fibres. As a mineral in its own right, rutile is rather reddish, and because of its colour it was named by A.G. Werner in the 18th century (lat. rutilus = reddish). Synonyms for rutile quartz are angel hair, hair stone or love arrow.

It is found in Brazil and Madagascar.

Rutile quartz is transparent and gold-coloured.

Mineral class of oxides
Formula: SiO2(quartz) + TiO2 (rutile) + Fe,Sn,V,Cr,Nb,Ta + (Na,K,Cl,S,C).

Mohs hardness: 7
Density: 2.68 - 2.72
Cleavability: imperfect, conchoidal fracture
Stroke colour: white
Transparency: transparent to translucent

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