Rutile,Oxide minerals,Reddish brown, red, pale yellow, pale blue, violet, rarely grass-green, black

Rutile

Rutile

Hardness ( Moh )

" 6.5

Crystal System
Tetragonal
Specific Gravity

4.2

Refractive Index

2.620 - 2.900

Birefringence

Family

Colour(s)

Reddish brown, red, pale yellow, pale blue, violet, rarely grass-green, black

Cleavage

Francture Type

Uneven to sub-conchoidal

Luster

Streak

Red

Transparency

Opaque, transparen

Formula

TiO2

Country
Found In Afghanistan,Algeria,Angola,Antarctica,Argentina,Armenia,Atlantic Ocean,Australia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bangladesh,Belarus,Belgium,Bolivia,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Brazil,Bulgaria,Burkina Faso,Burundi,Cambodia,Cameroon,Canada,Cape Verde,Chad,Chile,China,Colombia,Comoros,Costa Rica,Croatia,Cuba,Czech Republic,Czech Republic/Poland,Dominican Republic,DR Congo,Ecuador,Egypt,Ethiopia,Europe,Falkland Islands,Fiji,Finland,France,Germany,Ghana,Greece,Greenland,Guatemala,Guinea,Guyana,Haiti,Honduras,Hungary,India,Indian Ocean,Indonesia,Iran,Iraq,Ireland,Israel,Italy,Ivory Coast,Japan,Jersey,Kazakhstan,Kenya,Kyrgyzstan,Lesotho,Liberia,Libya,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Madagascar,Malawi,Malaysia,Mali,Malta,Mauritania,Mexico,Middle East,Mongolia,Montenegro,Morocco,Mozambique,Myanmar,Namibia,Nepal,Netherlands,New Zealand,Niger,Nigeria,North Korea,North Macedonia,Northwest Africa Meteorites,Norway,Oman,Pacific Ocean,Pakistan,Panama,Papua New Guinea,Paraguay,Peru,Philippines,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Russia,Rwanda,Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Serbia,Sierra Leone,Slovakia,Slovenia,Solomon Islands,South Africa,South Korea,Spain,Sri Lanka,Sudan,Suriname,Sweden,Switzerland,Taiwan,Tajikistan,Tanzania,Thailand,Turkey,Uganda,UK,Ukraine,USA,Uzbekistan,Venezuela,Vietnam,Zambia,Zimbabwe,Mercury,The Moon