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Hematite Var Kidney Ore With Calcite

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Hematite Var Kidney Ore With Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Florence Mine, Haile, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.3 × 6.5 × 2.9 cm
Weight: 
310.00gr
Description

Classic kidney ore hematite specimen formed by superposition of hematite layers. The cross-section is fibrous, blackish-red with the internal concave surface coloured red. The external convex surface is bubbly, botryoidal, rust-red coloured and is richly covered by prismatic, brown coloured crystals of calcite of good lustre.

Acquired in 1971 it is an Ex. Gerard Vogel specimen.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

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

Kidney Ore

Variety Of: 

Hematite

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

Calcite

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

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