Rutile paramorph after Brookite
at-auction$ 20
- Locality
- Magnet Cove, Hot Springs County, Arkansas
- Minerals
- Rutile, Brookite
- Dimensions
- 5.8 x 5.2 x 3.6 cm
- Size class
- Small Cabinet
- SID
- SM769
Dark color Brookite crystals are replaced by black micro crystallized Rutile. Known as a paramorph,
this is essentially a pseudomorph but the differing crystal structures are of the same composition, in this case titanium dioxide.