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Quartz & Hematite Var Specularite

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Quartz & Hematite Var Specularite

ex collection Aidara/Hühne
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Description
Locality: 
Beckermet Mine, Haile, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 4 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Very nice specimen with flaky, black, mirror-luster specularite and clear quartz crystals, dominated by a big (2 cm) twinned (?) crystal. Hard to photograph, much better in nature.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Hematite

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

Specularite

Variety Of: 

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Colour: 
Silvery

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