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Rutile with Hematite
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
◆ Unique Specimen — one of a kind
105,00 €
Bold golden rutile crystals on specular hematite from Novo Horizonte, Bahia — one of the world’s finest localities for this combination. Bright...
Unique piece
Description
The municipality of Novo Horizonte in the state of Bahia is world-famous among mineral collectors for its extraordinary rutile specimens: bold, bright golden crystals of TiO₂ growing in acicular, elbow-twinned or sagenitic forms on lustrous silvery-grey hematite.
The combination is one of the most visually dramatic in the mineral kingdom — the adamantine sheen of the golden rutile contrasting brilliantly with the specular metallic hematite matrix. These specimens form in iron-rich metamorphic rocks and quartzites. Novo Horizonte rutile has been collected since the 1950s and remains the world reference locality for large, aesthetic rutile crystals.
- Mineral
- Rutile on Hematite
- Locality
- Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
- Size
- 5cm x 3cm
- Weight
- 39g
- Formula
- TiO₂ on Fe₂O₃
- Crystal System
- Tetragonal
- Hardness
- 6–6.5
- Specific Gravity
- 4.23–5.5
- Luster
- Adamantine to metallic
- Condition
- Natural
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