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Hematite

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Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Cerro de la Sal, Pinoso, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 0.4 × 0.4 cm
Description

Floater single crystal of hematite with a “pseudo-hexagonal” habitus that gives the crystal an elongated, barrel-like form, due to the development of “pseudo-bipyramidal” faces. Metallic lustre is remarkable and is formed by crystal faces or contacts with other crystals, but it is not broken.

Ex. Honorio Ramon specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

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

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