Detailed information
Dimensions
70 x 55 x 38
mm
Weight
228 g
Locality
Tujetsch (Tavetsch) Vorderrhein Valley Grischun (Grisons), Switzerland
Condition
No recorded repairs
This incredibly rich Rutile is from the famed Pfitsch Pass in Zillertal, North Tyrol, Austria. It displays many terminated Rutile crystals strewn over and embedded in a creamy salmon pink Feldspar which forms platy crystals to 7 mm long. One Rutile crystal measuring 2.2 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm leans off-vertical against a slightly higher mound of Feldspar crystals. The Rutile is dark mahogany red with claret and pinkish red zones, all with deep, vertically striated faces and all crystals displaying a brilliant metallic bright lustre. This lovely small cabinet specimen is accompanied with an extremely old looking label, written in old copperplate handwriting and on the reverse side is a slightly blurred circular rubber stamp in faded blue ink.