HEMATITE
Specimen hem-37
$ 35.00Dims: 2.4 x 2.1 x 1.3" (6.1 x 5.3 x 3.3 cm)
Wt: 4.50 oz. (127.7 g)
Cole Shaft, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A.
This small hand specimen consists of a thin, colorful crust of a variety of Hematite known as Turgite which coats a manganese "wad" base. This crust is completely massive and so thin that only its color shows that it is there. Blue and green hues are dominant, though there are noticeable areas of violet and red coloration, also. Resting atop the Turgite crust are 2 cerussite crystals. Both of these crystals have formed incomplete cyclic twins.