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Hematite Var Pencil Ore

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Hematite Var Pencil Ore

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Description
Locality: 
Bergmannshoffnung Mine, Sülzhayn, Nordhausen District, Thuringia, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

A historic sample of hematite, variety pencil ore from the Grube Bergmannshoffnung, Sülzhayn.

Specimen from the collection of Alexander Franz - no original label -

Obtained from Dipl. Min. Manfred Schaeffer, Detmold

My last one from this historic locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

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

Pencil Ore

Variety Of: 

Hematite

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

Graphite

Formula: 
C
Strunz: 
1.CB.05a
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0

Hematite

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

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