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Hematite from
Orr's Island, Harpswell, Cumberland County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Island
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Orr's Island, Harpswell, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1533380
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1533380:5
GUID (UUID V4):3e043e6c-f2f5-479a-9d24-3fa6b77d5d84
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annexed figures, 266, of fluorite, and f. 267, of hematite. Other examples occur in the pages following,...obvi- ous that the distinction between Fluorite. Hematite. contact and penetration-twins is not a very important...complex consequently the vertical axis. f 267 (hematite), and in f. 289, 290. also of twin chabazite,...the crystals of rutile on tabular crystals of hematite, the vertical axes of the former coinciding with...referred to known mineral species, as the scales of hematite to which the peculiar character of aventurine
Book (edition)
of minute grains or crystals of magnetite, or hematite, or menaccanite. CRYSTALLINE AGGREGATES. 5....others, of a reddish black or black color, of hematite. Moss-like forms also occur, as in c. moss agate...crysbrilliancy and gives well-defined images. tals of hematite, cassiterite, some specimens of quartz and pyrite...blue or violet color a result not obtained with hematite, the mineral it most resembles. 6. Test for Fluorine...Teneriife, Java, Hamen. New Zealand, Deception Island, and most active volcanic regions, aiford more
Book (edition)
interpenetrate, as f. 266, of fluorite, and f. 267, of hematite. Other examples occur in the pages following,...axis. penetration twin of chabazite, also f 267 (hematite), and in f. 289, 290. It is also common with quartz...the crystals of rutile on tabular crystals of hematite, the vertical axes of the former coinciding with...referred to known mineral species, as the scales of hematite to which the peculiar character of aventurine...material, feuch as chlorite, tourmaline, rutile, hematite, asbestos, and many other minerals. " * Reference
 
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