Formula: TiO₂
Mineral class: oxides
Crystal system: tetragonal
Mohs scale: 5.5 - 6
Density /g/cm³: 3.9
Cleavage: perfect - good
Colors: brown, blue, green, grey, black
Luster: adamantine - metallic
Fluorescence: -
Pleochroism: weak: light - dark
Largest Anatase: 7 cm?
Deposits: worldwide
1st Description: 1944

Anatase Mineral

Origin: Pashine / Baluchistan / Pakistan

Photo by kind permission of © www.fabreminerals.com, Jordi Fabre.

Anatase Mineral / Micromount

Origin: Pizzo Taneda / Val Piora / Graubünden / Switzerland

Photo by kind permission of © Stephan Wolfsried.

Anatase

Weight: 0.22 ct

Origin: Saboticatuba / Minas Gerais / Brazil

Photo by kind permission of © www.gemfrance.com, Dr. Laurent Sikirdji.

Anatase

Weight: 0.51 ct

Origin: Brazil

Photo by kind permission of © www.thegemtrader.com, Brad Payne.

Anatase Mineral

Origin: Habachtal Valley / Hohe Tauern Mts. / Salzburg / Austria

Photo by kind permission of © Harjo Neutkens.

Anatase

Weight: 0.12 ct

Origin: Norway

Photo by kind permission of © www.irocks.com, Dr. Robert Lavinsky.

Anatase deep blue

Weight: 0.19 ct

Origin: Myanmar

Photo by kind permission of © www.thegemtrader.com, Brad Payne.