| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from England > Hematite var. Pencil Ore |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 63571 |
| Mineral: | Hematite var. Pencil Ore |
| Locality: | Cleator Moor, Frizington, West Cumberland Iron Mining District, Cumbria, England |
| Description: | Typical old Pencil Ore specimen of lustrous reddish-gray metallic hematite crystals in an arc-shaped compact crystalline mass with brown convex kidney ore-type surface on the outer faces. The locality was painted on the specimen along one edge. Ex. Mort Metersky collection, originally acquired in 1951 |
| Overall Size: | 5x3.5x3 cm |
| Crystals: | 5-35 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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