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Hematite

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Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 2.4 × 2.2 cm
Description

Several metallically lustrous crystals of hemetite nicely placed along a piece of matrix from the Kalahari manganese fields in South Africa. Most of the crystals are well terminated.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

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