Rutile ("V"-twin) from Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Rutilated quartz is a quartz variety. The color varies from white transparent rock crystal to dark gray or dark brown smoky quartz filled with silver, gold or red to reddish rutielnaaldjes. Chemical composition: SiO2 + TiO2 (rutile) + Fe, Sn, V, Cr, Nb, Ta + (Na, K, Cl, C) Crystal system: the quartz is trigonal, tetragonal is the rutile. Crystal class: oxides. Fission: unclear. Color: dark to very light, translucent pink. Stripe color: white. Gloss: glass gloss Break: raw, shell-shaped. Hardness (Mohs): 7. Average density 2.68 - 2,72. Transparency: transparent to translucent. A common mineral. Repositories are include Switzerland, Brazil, Madagascar, USA and Australia. The rutile needles were given to her by Venus, which is the crystal gave the nickname Maidenhair-quartz or not sage. This would be a powerful love charm. Later it was thought that angel hair was in this mineral and it was named angel hair-quartz. Rutilated quartz  associated with the constellations Leo and Aries.

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