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Hematite & Calcite

Dan Behnke collection

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Description
Locality: 
Sooner Limestone Pit, Davis, Murray County, Oklahoma, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.4 × 0.8 cm
Description

ILLUSTRATED!! You are bidding on TWO samples of calcite with preferential hematite inclusions. Both partner samples are illustrated seperately on two different pages of the same Rocks & Minerals 7/97 issue. Comes with 3 original slides taken by Dan and the original index cards for both samples. Unusual locality!!

This sample is from the collection of Dan Behnke, long-time friend, micromounter and prodigious photographer. I am pleased to be able to offer selections from his large collection, many of which are illustrated specimens in Rocks & Minerals, The Mineralogiocal Record, Photo Atlas of Minerals and many other publications. All samples from his meticulously catalogued collection will come with his original index card with all notes, photography annotations and other pertinent information, as well as any slides Dan may have taken of the sample with publication notes and date the photo was made.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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