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Hematite from Rio Marina, Isola d'Elba, Tuscan Archipelago, Livorno, Italy

 
Hematite from Rio Marina, Isola d'Elba, Tuscan Archipelago, Livorno, Italy

Hematite from Rio Marina, Isola d'Elba, Tuscan Archipelago, Livorno, Italy

Hematite from Rio Marina, Isola d'Elba, Tuscan Archipelago, Livorno, Italy

Hematite from Rio Marina, Isola d'Elba, Tuscan Archipelago, Livorno, Italy

DESCRIPTION:No. 44511
Mineral:Hematite
Locality:Rio Marina, Isola d'Elba, Tuscan Archipelago, Livorno, Italy
Description:Lustrous dark-metallic hematite crystals to 15mm across intermixed with limonite-stained transparent colorless quartz crystals to 4 mm long. The hematite crystals have mirror-like surfaces and several have complex striations. Ex. Henry D. Miller (1838-1919 or 1920) collection, bequeathed to the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1909; ex. Loomis-Chaffee School
Overall Size:8.5x6x4 cm
Crystals:1-15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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