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Anatase
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Discovered in 1801; IMA status: Valid (pre-IMA; Grandfathered)
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Composition: |
Titanium |
59.94 % |
Ti |
100.00 % |
TiO2 |
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Oxygen |
40.06 % |
O |
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100.00 % |
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100.00 % |
= TOTAL OXIDE |
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Classification
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Mineral
Classification: |
Oxides
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Strunz 8th
Ed. ID:
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4/D.14-10
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Nickel-Strunz 10th
Ed. ID:
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4.DD.05
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4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
D : Metal: Oxygen = 1:2 and similar D : With medium-sized cations; frameworks of edge-sharing octahedra
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Related
to: |
None
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Members
of Group: |
None
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Varieties: |
Gel-Anatase,
Niobian Anatase
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Synonyms: |
Dauphinite,
Hydrotitanite, Octaèdrite, Octahedrite, Oisanite, Schorl bleu indigo,
Schorl octaedre rectanglaire, Wiserine, Xanthotitane
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Crystal
Data
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Crystallography:
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Tetragonal - Ditetragonal Dipyramidal
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Crystal
Habit:
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Crystals
typically acute dipyramidal, often highly modified;
obtuse pyramidal or tabular; less commonly prismatic,
to 3.75 cm.
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Twinning:
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Rare
on {112}
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Physical
Properties
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Cleavage: |
Perfect
on {001} and {011}
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Fracture: |
Sub-Conchoidal
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Tenacity:
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Brittle
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Moh's
Hardness: |
5.5
- 6.0; VHN
= 616–698 (100 g load)
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Density:
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3.82 - 3.97 (g/cm3)
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Luminescence:
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None
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Radioactivity:
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Not
Radioactive
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Optical
Properties
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Color: |
Brown,
pale Yellow or Reddish Brown, Indigo, Black; pale Green,
pale Lilac, Gray, rarely nearly Colorless; Brown, Yellow-Brown,
pale Green, Blue in transmitted light.
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Transparency: |
Transparent
when light colored, to nearly opaque when deeply colored.
Pyramidal crystals may appear opaque because of total
reflection. |
Luster: |
Adamantine
to Splendent, Metallic
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Refractive
Index: |
2.488
- 2.564 (very high) Uniaxial ( - ) anomalously
biaxial in deeply colored crystals
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Birefringence: |
0.046 - 0.067
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Dispersion: |
0.213
- 0.259 (very high)
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Pleochroism: |
Weak;
stronger in deeply colored crystals
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Occurances
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Geological
Setting: |
Usually
secondary, derived from other titanium-bearing minerals.
In Alpine veins, derived from the enclosing gneisses
or schists by hydrothermal solutions. In igneous and
metamorphic rocks; in pegmatites; from a carbonatite.
A common detrital mineral. |
Common
Associations: |
Brookite,
Rutile, Titanite, Ilmenite, Titanian Magnetite, Hematite,
Quartz.
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Common
Impurities: |
Fe,
Sn, V, Nb
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Type
Locality: |
St. Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère,
Rhône-Alpes, France |
Year
Discovered: |
1801
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View
mineral photos: |
Anatase
Mineral Photos and Locations |
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More
Information
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Mindat.org
Webmineral.com
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Anatase is an
extremely rare gem mainly because crystals are usually
very dark, seldom transparent and small. Anatase has very high dispersion
and RI, but its dark color usually masks these. Lighter
colored gems are quite bright and beautiful and among the rarest of
all gems. Anatase is one of the three forms of
Titanium Dioxide found as gemstones. The other two are
Brookite and Rutile.
This means that the three minerals have the same chemistry,
TiO2, but they have different structures.
Anatase is named from the Greek word anatasis, meaning extension referring to the length of the pyradimal faces of crystals being longer in relation to their bases than in many other Tetragonal minerals.
Anatase
is a very wide-spread mineral, however only a few
occurrences can be noted. In Alpine veins at many localities
throughout the Swiss, French, and Italian and Tirolian
Alps: large crystals from Binn, Valais, and at Cavradi,
Tavetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland. From LaGrave, Hautes-Alpes,
and Bourg d’Oisans, Isère, France. In Norway, at Kragerø;
fine crystals from Hardangervidda, Ullensvang; Slidre,
Valdres; and Gudbrandsdalen. From the Khodrovy Mountains,
Sakha, Russia. In the Virtuous Lady mine, Devonshire,
England. At Fron Oleu, near Tremadog, Gwynned, Wales.
In several carbonatite deposits, aggregating 500 million
tons, in Minas Gerais and Pará, Brazil. In the USA,
at many localities in Burke County, North Carolina;
Buckingham County, Virginia; from Quincy, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts; at Placerville, Eldorado County, California.
In Canada, at Sherbrooke Township, Nova Scotia, and
in Henvey Township, Ontario.
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Anatase
gems for sale:
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Gem:
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Anatase |
Stock
#:
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ANAT-001 |
Weight:
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0.109
ct |
Size: |
2.82
x 1.93 mm |
Shape: |
Round
Brilliant |
Color: |
Bright
Orangish Yellow |
Clarity: |
Eye
Clean |
Origin: |
Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Treatment: |
None
(natural) |
Price: |
$46.00 |
Pictures
are of the actual gem offered for
sale. Gem images are magnified to
show detail. |
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A
rare gem that is very bright and beautiful
example of a Titanium Dioxide gem.
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Gem:
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Anatase |
Stock
#:
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ANAT-002 |
Weight:
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0.3845
ct |
Size: |
5.25
x 3.88
x 2.54 mm |
Shape: |
Free
form |
Color: |
Dark
Golden Yellow |
Clarity: |
VSI |
Origin: |
Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Treatment: |
None
(natural) |
Price: |
$96.00
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Pictures
are of the actual gem offered for
sale. Gem images are magnified to
show detail. |
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A
rare gem that is very bright and beautiful
example of a Titanium Dioxide gem.
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