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Hematite Quartz & Calcite

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Hematite Quartz & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Florence Mine, Haile, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5.6 × 4 cm
Description

This ia a pretty specimen covered in highly reflective plates of specularite which have a well placed scattering of cream coloured calcite on top and a sharp colourless quartz crystal nicely placed. Hematite matrix. From a mine famous for its hematite.

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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