“From the French Alps, a classic specimen of bright laminar crystals of hematite to 7mm on a matrix of grey gneiss with quartz. ***** Specimen size = 155 x 70 x 43 mm / Karel Bal Collection / Sept. 2011 *****”

“Close-up: highly lustrous, black pseudohexagonal specularite crystals up to 7 mm with quartz needles.”