Specimen #1903

Name: Rutile on Muscovite

Type: Micromount

Locality: Bortelhorn Mt., Steinu Valley, Simplon pass area, Brig, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

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Acquired: 2010-03-10

Source: Simkev Micromounts

Label: N

Comment: A very, very fine piece with lustrous red reticulated Rutile crystals on Muscovite crystals. It's amazing how the rutile crystals lie parallel to each other.

Minerals: Rutile (TiO2)

There are 2 pictures on file

M01903-01.jpg:

Rutile, Bortelhorn Mt., Steinu Valley, Simplon pass area, Brig, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland - FOV: 18.8 x 12.5 mm

M01903-02.jpg:

Rutile, Bortelhorn Mt., Steinu Valley, Simplon pass area, Brig, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland - FOV: 2.7 x 1.8 mm (10 stacked images) mm