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Hematite from Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil

 
Hematite from Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Hematite from Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 70908
Mineral:Hematite
Locality:Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description:Lustrous platy dark gray-metallic hematite crystals in aggregates of subparallel crystals that weathered from the surrounding laterite and were recovered during hydraulic mining that resulted worn edges. Collected ca. 1985
Overall Size:25x17x7 mm
Crystals:1-15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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