Image: Hematite-LTH43A

Description: Hematite Locality: Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 2.5 x 2 x 1.8 cm Hematite This thing is STUNNING, in both lustre and habit - and will put many people off to guessing , i think, before they judge it a hematite. It is a first-class thumbnail! The form is a rare pseudo-scalenohedral crystal habit. These come out but rarely in such quality and Marty picked one from a collection I got in the mid-90s, and has held it all this time. We think its an older piece, yet. The luster is mirror-likeand you can shave in the reflections; and the 2.5 cm length of the crystal is impressive as well - making it major as well as aesthetic. I have rarely seen a hematite thumbnail I loved, as much as this one, for its imposing form and size. MUCH BETTER IN PERSON, I assure you.
Title: Hematite-LTH43A
Credit: Image: http://www.irocks.com/db_pics/new2010/LTH43A.JPG, Description: http://www.irocks.com/render.html?species=Hematite&page=4
Author: Robert M. Lavinsky
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