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Rutile - Cava Lombardi, Lucendro Pass, Gotthard Area, Ticino, Switzerland
Rutile
Cava Lombardi, Lucendro-Pass, Gotthard region, Ticino, Switzerland
 
Needle-like to radiating orange-red Rutile aggregates and sagenitic crystal bundles up to 1 cm long, with traces of Hematite and clear Adularia of Fibbia habit on aplitic granite matrix.  A pretty and unusual specimen from the Cava Lombardi, the oldest and most famous Iron Rose site in the Alps (cf. LAPIS 2/2020, pp. 30-35). Recovered in October 2020 from an Adularia pocket within the bed section of the basal vein

Rutile - Cava Lombardi, Lucendro Pass, Gotthard Area, Ticino, Switzerland

SKU: SW-111
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  • Size

    Specimen size 3 x 3 x 2.2 cm, fibrous to sagenitic Rutile to 1 cm

  • Locality

    Cava Lombardi, Lucendro Pass, Gotthard Area, Ticino, Switzerland

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