MINERAL SPECIMEN OF RUTILE FROM QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

Description

THIS IS A MINERAL SPECIMEN OF
RUTILE BEACH SAND.
THE BOTTLE MEASURES
3" X 1.5"
AND
THE NET WEIGHT IS 142 gm
.  IT IS FROM
TIN CAN BAY, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA.
THIS IS
CONCENTRATED RUTILE BEACH SAND
THAT BECAME THE ORE FEED FOR THE "TIMET" TITANIUM MILL IN HENDERSON, NEVADA, THAT PRODUCED TITANIUM METAL. THE CONCENTRATE IS ABOUT
96% RUTILE.
THE RUTILE HAS NOT BEEN CRUSHED OR ALTERED IN ANY WAY, THIS IS THE NATURAL BEACH SAND CONCENTRATED.
THE HEAVY SAND DREDGING OPERATION THAT RECOVERED RUTILE ALSO RECOVERED MONAZITE AND ZIRCON IN THE HEAVY BEACH SANDS ON THE QUEENSLAND COAST.  RUTILE IS PREFERRED OVER ILLMENITE FOR EXTRACTING THE TI METAL.  SEE PICTURES.  I WILL COMBINE SHIPPING WHEN POSSIBLE.  THANKS FOR LOOKING.