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MD-192610
Quartz, Hematite
Florence Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK
Small Cabinet, 6.9 x 5.9 x 2.9 cm
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This specimen, an English classic, combines both specular (glittery, platy crystals) and "kindey ore" hematite (forming the matrix) with quartz crystals on a single specimen. You can see the kindey ore at the right edge of the specimen; it is shaped as a convex "bubble" here - can sometimes (when bare, with reddish-brown color) look like kindeys, which is where the name is derived. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.