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MD-174604
Calcite, Hematite
Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK
Small Cabinet, 5.8 x 5.3 x 3.6 cm
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A fine calcite "pineapple" from the famous iron mines of Egremont, England. The very glassy, colorless calcite scalenohedrons, to 2.2 cm, are preferentially coated with rust-red hematite. Ex. Joseph Rawlings and Seaman Museum Collections.