Great pics, Scott, thanks.
I've looked at this thing so much my eyes are criss-crossed!
In several places the lines appear to be the edge of the
Hematite,(or Ilmenite), crystals, and in other places it looks
like a separate something else.
Weathered rutile is what it has always looked like to me, just
wish we have seen any other rutile specimens from this spot.

This pic won't help with identification but you can see the
"blue flame" I was talking about. Like I said, I've looked at
this thing for way too long.

Joe

that is very pretty. i am loving the blue halo.
could those haystack lines be negatives of the rutile then replaced by something else? either an included quartz or....looks like calcite.

do you guys have any calcite present over there? dogtooth? i can't remember. but calcite always seem to be opportunistic and seep into any crevice it can. or maybe i just have calcite on the brain.