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Rutile from
Seelbronn Quarry, Amerdingen, Donau-Ries District, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Rutile
Formula:TiO2
Comments:Rutile is associated with two other TiO2 polymorphs :
- TiO2 (alpha-PbO2 structure) with pink internal reflections
- TiO2 (Baddeleyite structure P21/c) with intense blue internal reflections and reflectivity much higher than rutile
TiO2 with ZrO2 structure forms fine-grained polycrystalline monophase grains surrounded by shock-twinned ilmenite and rutile, or single grains rimmed by rutile, alpha-PbO2 TiO2, ilmenite and titanite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Ilmenite
Titanite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rutile data
Locality Data:Click here to view Seelbronn Quarry, Amerdingen, Donau-Ries District, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:304685
Long-form Identifier:1:3:304685:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
A. El Goresy et al. , Science, Vol. 293, 24 August 2001, pp. 1467-1470.
 
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