Hematite with Rutile Quartz - Brazil It is a silica-based gemstone

It is a silica-based gemstone with calcium

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Hematite with Rutile Quartz - Brazil It is a silica-based gemstoneThis is a VERY unique specimen of rutile. Here are rutile crystals, which formed both in and out of quartz, on top of a layer of lustrous hematite, on top of a quartz matrix. The photos do not do this specimen justice. It is hard to not keep this one for ourselves! Hematite is an iron oxide found virtually everywhere on Earth. This mineral is naturally gray or black in color and contains the same crystal structure as the mineral corundum. It gets its