| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from England > Hematite var. Kidney Ore |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 60474 |
| Mineral: | Hematite var. Kidney Ore |
| Locality: | West Cumberland Iron Mining District, Cumbria, England |
| Description: | Lustrous dark-brown metallic botryoidal hematite commonly called Kidney Ore by early mineral because the rounded forms resembled that organ of the body. The hematite crystals shows banded concentric growth on the underside. |
| Overall Size: | 11x10x8 cm |
| Crystals: | 4-15 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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