Rock 365 : Day 7 : Haematite

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Day 7 : Today’s mineral deskcrop specimen comes from Cumbria, England close to the Florence Mine. The sample shows the botryoidal (resembling a bunch of grapes) habit of the iron mineral haematite with some minor calcite.

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