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Hematite Var Specularite

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Hematite Var Specularite

ex Dr. F. Krantz (GER), ex?
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Description
Locality: 
Neuve-Eglise, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 5.5 × 5 cm
Description

This is a rare and old time specimen: a mass of blackish lustrous haematite crystals as specularite - kind of iron rose from the old and almost forgotten occurrences near Neuve-Eglise in the Departement Bas-Rhin (Alsace). The old label by an english collector (could be a Groom-Napier specimen) lists the old german name Neukirch (actually, there was a mineral named by the town - Neukirchit (Newkirkit) - which is a synonym to as far as i could track manganite).

Anyway a really rare example.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

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

Specularite

Variety Of: 

Hematite

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

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Best regards Roger