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Hematite, Calcite

Locality: Ilmenau District, Thuringian Forest, Thuringia, Germany

4.4 x 4.1 x 3.1 cm. An old-time and aesthetic pseudomorph from the ancient mines at Ilmenau, Germany. Lustrous, metallic-gray pseudomorphs of hematite after sharp calcite scalenohedrons to 2.0 cm are attractively set atop massive, banded hematite matrix. 4 of the 5 major pseudomorphs are pristine.

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