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Amethyst & Hematite

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Amethyst & Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Thunder Bay Mine, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
21 × 15 × 7 cm
Description

Highly lustrous red-brown hematite-coated amethyst crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Amethyst

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Purple

Hematite

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