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Hematite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Rio Marina, Elba, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 6 × 3.1 cm
Description

Exceptional example of iridescent hematite from Italy. The crystals on matrix show a fantastic intense colour reaching from mostly deep electric blue to a satturated purple and also intense green and golden yellow. The specimen is shaped like a heart and the matrix is also assiciated with brown limonite and slightly orange to brown quartz crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

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

Quartz

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