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Rutile

Locality: Rist Mine (North America Emerald Mine), Hiddenite, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA

Superb lustrous reddish-brown prismatic terminated crystals of rutile to 3.0 cm in length are forming an aesthetic 3.1 x 3.0 x 0.9 cm cluster. A "floater" with no points of attachment. Damage free and complete all around 360 degrees. Very fine for the species at this locality. Ex Lloyd Tate collection. Ref.: Rocks & Minerals: 60: 65.

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