Rutilated Quartz

Object/Artifact

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Crater Rock Museum

Name/Title

Rutilated Quartz

Entry/Object ID

2024.5.1

Description

Rutilated Quartz TiO2 in SiO2 Brazil The acicular rutile is seen growing from one side, whereas the quartz formed later around it in a hydrothermal environment. In Brazil it was probably from the igneous environment