| Name: | Rutile Rt |
| Specimens in Collection: |  #158: Rutile Novo Horizon, Brazil  #525: Quartz / Rutile  #805: Rutile / Hematite Novo Horizon, Brazil  #719: Quartz var. Lodolite / Rutile Presidente Kubitschek, MInas Gerais, Brazil  #1262: Rutile / Hematite Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil  #1437: Rutile Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA  #1252: Rutile / Hematite Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil  #1525: Rutile / Pyrophyllite Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, Mono County, California |
| IMA Chemistry: | TiO2 |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Rutile contains elements: Titanium (Ti) Oxygen (O) |
| Country of Type Locality: | Spain |
| Year First Published: | 1800 |
| IMA Status: | Approved,Grandfathered |
| Status Notes: | Known previously, but named rutile by Werner: Lampadius W A (1800) Noch ein Paar Bemertungen über den Uran- und Titangehalt einiger Fossilien. Der rothe schörl (Rutil, nach herrn Bergrath Werner), in Sammlung practisch-chemischer Abhandlungen und vermischter Bemerkungen, Volume 3, Walther (Dresden) |
| Structural Group Name: | Rutile |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | rutile |
| Crystal Systems: | tetragonal |
| Oldest Known Age: | 4620 Million Years Ago |
| More Info: | Search Wikipedia: Rutile (Wiki) Search Mindat: Rutile Search Web Mineral DB: Rutile |