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Quartz & Hematite Var Specularite

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Quartz & Hematite Var Specularite

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Description
Locality: 
Beckermet Mine, Haile, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5.6 × 1.9 cm
Description

This is my very best Beckermert mine quartz-haematite combo so far. Very lustrous crystals, no damage. Much better than pictured (somewhat hard to photograph well).

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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