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Small, black Hematite crystals on sharp, white Magnesite crystals from Brumado, Bahia, Brasil. Ex coll. Claus Hedegaard. |
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A sample of standard-issue Hematite ore from Cerro Bolivar, Venezuela. Industrial grade minerals are far from as pretty as those we like to put in our collections. Ex coll. Claus Hedegaard. |
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Reniform (that means Õkidney likeÕ) Hematite var. Kidney Ore from Egremont (Cumberland, England, Great Britain). Ex coll. Claus Hedegaard. |
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Lustrous Hematite crystals from Elba in Italy. Ex coll. Claus Hedegaard. |
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Polished banded iron ore from Marquette, (Michigan, USA), deposited in the Precambrian, approximately 2.1 billion years ago. The metallic, grey bands are Hematite, the red are Quartz with a little, fine-grained Hematite. Ex coll. Claus Hedegaard. |
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Minute sublimated Hematite crystals on lava from Nickenich (Eifel, German). ÕSublimatedÕ means they were deposited from vapor, without going through a liquid phase. This was very hot volcanic fumes hitting cold rock. Ex coll. Claus Hedegaard. |
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This is how Hematite var. Pencil Ore from Egremont (Cumberland, England, Great Britain) should be. The fibers are 22 cm long and would make fantastic cabochons and carvings. No, you can not have it. Ex coll. Claus Hedegaard. |
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An attractive 19th century specimen of Hematite var. Pencil Ore, making just of the variety name, from Egremont (Cumberland, England, Great Britain). Ex coll. Claus Hedegaard. |
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Lustrous, black crystals of scaly Hematite var. Specularite from Egremont (Cumberland, England, Great Britain) with minor Dolomite. Ex coll. Claus Hedegaard. |
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Hematite rose from Zillertal in Austria. Ex coll. Claus Hedegaard. |
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