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HIMALAYAN RUTILATED QUARTZ ALBITE

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HIMALAYAN RUTILATED QUARTZ ALBITE

An amazing cluster of Himalayan Rutilated Quartz Albite from high in the Nepalese Himalayas.  A great, rustic cluster with several perfect crystals with inclusions of minerals, rutile, chlorite and perhaps others.  The matrix on this piece is feldspar and chlorite.  There is a broken crystal on the cluster.  An amazing example of Nepali quartz, we source our crystals direct from Nepali miners.

Location:
Dhading District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal

Dimensions:
9cm x 7.5cm x 4cm, 209g.

Chlorite: (Fe, Mg, Al)6(Si, Al)4O10(OH)8.

Quartz: SiO2.

Albite: NaAlSi3 O8.

Rutile: TiO2.

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HIMALAYAN RUTILATED QUARTZ ALBITEHIMALAYAN RUTILATED QUARTZ ALBITE

An amazing cluster of Himalayan Rutilated Quartz Albite from high in the Nepalese Himalayas.  A great, rustic cluster with several perfect crystals with inclusions of minerals, rutile, chlorite and perhaps others.  The matrix on this piece is feldspar and chlorite.  There is a broken crystal on the cluster.  An amazing example of Nepali quartz, we source our crystals direct from Nepali miners.

Location:
Dhading District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal

Dimensions:
9cm x 7.5cm x 4cm, 209g.

Chlorite: (Fe, Mg, Al)6(Si, Al)4O10(OH)8.

Chlorite is a general name for several minerals that are difficult to distinguish by ordinary methods.  These minerals are all apart of the Chlorite Group of minerals. The Chlorites are often, but not always considered a subset of the larger silicate group, the clays.
The general formula for Chlorite is (Fe, Mg, Al)6(Si, Al)4O10(OH)8.  There are several different minerals that are apart of the Chlorite group of minerals.  The above formula is only a generalization of the more common members of this group.  In order to see a list of most of the Chlorite group minerals with their respective formula.

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Quartz: SiO2.

If pure, quartz forms colorless, transparent and very hard crystals with a glass like luster.  Today it leads technology being the main component of transistors which make our computers work and solar panels.

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Albite: NaAlSi3 O8.

Albite is the last of the Feldspars to crystallise from molten rock.  The process of crystallisation from a molten rock isolates rarer elements in the last stages.  Then produces the rarer mineral species.  Albite is often found with lovely rare and beautiful minerals.  Although usually not an exceptional collection mineral in itself, Albite can be a nice accessory mineral to other mineral species.  A variety associated with tourmaline is called Cleavelandite and forms extremely thin, platy, white and sometimes very transparent crystals.

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Rutile: TiO2

Rutile; one of five forms of titanium found in nature.  Titanium is three times stronger than steel and less than half the weight.  Weighing only 42% as much as Steel, making it a stronger and lighter metal.  It is chemically inert under normal conditions, enabling its use in medical implants such as pacemakers.  This non corrosive metal is able to withstand temperature extremes up to 1800°C and has great strength.  An outstanding high tech metal with amazing properties.

Elongated, prismatic crystals, often striated and slender.  Commonly occur as inclusions in Quartz, known as “Maidens Hair” or criss – crossing at 60° Sagenite.  The Yellow, Red, Brown, Black, Golden or Silver colors are amazing.  Elbow and heart shaped (Geniculated) twins are common.

Hard 6 to 6.5, heavy, fragile and perfect cleavage.  Opaque with metallic luster.  Brown streak.  Common accessory mineral in intrusive and metamorphic rock or in Quartz veins.  Found mostly in sands as ore material for Titanium and rarely in a solid metal crystal.

Weight580 g
Dimensions15 × 12 × 10 cm

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