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Specularite On Quartz

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Specularite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Ullcoats Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3.8 × 3 cm
Description

A delightful miniature featuring bladed clusters of very lustrous specularite, a variety of hematite, on a layer of clear quartz crystals. The matrix is a reddish grey, massive hematite.  

Very typical of the locality and in pristine condition. There may be some very slight chipping to one or two crystals but I am uncertain of this and is undetectable without a microscope anyway.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Specularite

Variety Of: 

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Colour: 
Silvery

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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