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Is gold rutilation in quartz gold?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

The mineral "rutile" is titanium dioxide, which can have a "gold" color. Other elements within rutile include iron, tantalum, and niobium.

Actual gold strands trapped within quartz crystals do exist, and are sometimes sold as jewelry or extracted as nuggets.

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