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Hematite var. Pencil Ore from Cleator Moor, Frizington, West Cumberland Iron Mining District, Cumbria, England

 
Hematite var. Pencil Ore from Cleator Moor, Frizington, West Cumberland Iron Mining District, Cumbria, England

Hematite var. Pencil Ore from Cleator Moor, Frizington, West Cumberland Iron Mining District, Cumbria, England

Hematite var. Pencil Ore from Cleator Moor, Frizington, West Cumberland Iron Mining District, Cumbria, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 63571
Mineral:Hematite var. Pencil Ore
Locality:Cleator Moor, Frizington, West Cumberland Iron Mining District, Cumbria, England
Description:Typical old Pencil Ore specimen of lustrous reddish-gray metallic hematite crystals in an arc-shaped compact crystalline mass with brown convex kidney ore-type surface on the outer faces. The locality was painted on the specimen along one edge. Ex. Mort Metersky collection, originally acquired in 1951
Overall Size:5x3.5x3 cm
Crystals:5-35 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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