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Eisenkiesel On Kidney Ore

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Eisenkiesel On Kidney Ore

ex The Cambell collection of Frizington
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Description
Locality: 
Parkside Mine, Frizington, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

A really fine, old-time, specimen of lustrous, platy, scarlet quartz . Iron oxides are causing the red coloration in the quartz. This fine and classic old-timer is from the Cambell Collection of Frizington. Park SIde Mine worked 1855-1925)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Eisenkiesel

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0

Kidney Ore

Variety Of: 

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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