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JFD208AP5: A curiosity from the Trimouns Mine. Well known for its rare earth minerals, things like this Rutile have also been found there in well-developed acicular crystals on a Dissakisite-(Ce) / Allanite-(Ce) crystal, and all on a Calcite matrix with more Dissakisite- (Ce) / Allanite-(Ce) of brownish color.
Trimouns Mine, Luzenac, Haute-Ariège, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie France (±1993)
Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.5 × 3.2 cm = 1.65” × 1.38” × 1.26”
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”
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