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Hematite Var Pencil Ore

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Hematite Var Pencil Ore

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Description
Locality: 
Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Description

Fibrous hematite as part of kidney ore with the so called "pencil ore" habit. Rare material.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

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

Pencil Ore

Variety Of: 

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Synonym Of: 

Graphite

Formula: 
C
Strunz: 
1.CB.05a
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0

Hematite

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

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