Hematite

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

Origin: Km-3 Mine, Lavrion Mines, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium), Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece

Sample size: area 1 cm

Owner: Steve Rust

 

Origin: Shap Beck Quarry, Shap, Eastern Fells, Cumbria, England, UK

Sample size: area 1 cm

Owner: Steve Rust

 

Origin: Florence Mine, Egremont, West Cumbria, Cumbria, England, UK

Sample size: 8 cm x 6.5 cm with minor drusy calcite

Owner: Steve Rust

 

  

Origin: Solarwind Claim, Thomas Range (North), Delta, Juab Co., Utah, USA

Sample size: 0.75 mm hematite crystal with fluorite (top left), 1.5 mm hematite crystal on quartz, with prismatic sanidine crystals (top right), Platy crystals of hematite to 0.75 mm, with thicker crystals of ilmenite (bottom)

Owner: Steve Rust

 

  

  

Origin: The Cove (Topaz Valley), Topaz Mountain, Delta, Juab Co., Utah, USA

Sample size: 2 mm platy crystal of hematite on quartz. Collected from the north wall of the cove (top left), 1 mm thin platy crystal. Collected from the north wall of the cove (top right), 2.5 mm 'V'-like twin crystal on quartz. Collected from the north wall (bottom left), 2 mm crystal with quartz. Collected from the north wall (bottom right)

Owner: Steve Rust

 

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