A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Hematite from Cumberland, England |
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| Description | Hematite, Fe2O3 (iron oxide), Hematite is an important ore of iron and it's blood red color (in the powdered form) makes it a useful coloring agent. Crystals of hematite are rare. Masses or aggregates of fine grained crystals are more common. Some hematite samples have a botryoidal or kidney-shaped habit. This specimen, 22 cm across, give just a hint of such a habit. |
| Location | England. Near Cumberland. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-24. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #379. |
| Key words | hematite, England |
| Tech details | 526 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1312 |
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