AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Wisconsin > Hematite var. Kidney Ore |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 48603 |
Mineral: | Hematite var. Kidney Ore |
Locality: | Montreal Mine, Gogebic Iron Range, Iron County, Wisconsin |
Description: | Layered formation of metallic hematite with botryoidal surfaces on the termination. The botryoidal brown hematite was called Kidney Ore by the miners. This old mine closed pre-1967. |
Overall Size: | 9.5x6x5 cm |
Crystals: | 1-30 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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