Detailed information
Dimensions
40 x 64 x 40
mm
Weight
125 g
Locality
Korshunovskoye iron deposit Zheleznogorsk, Irkutsk Oblast Russia
Condition
No recorded repairs
In terms of Hematite occurrences the Korshunovskoye iron deposit in remote Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, is one of the rarer ones. Small cabinet in size, this unusual specimen features a small cluster, or clusters, of small (3 to 5 mm) shiny dark grey to black, metallic platy, to wedge-shaped Hematite crystals, similar in form, but smaller, to Elba Hematite. These crystals sit upon a powdery rusty orange-coated (possibly Goethite) vug within a massive dark brown to black rock (either Magnetite or Hematite). Ex David Hardman Collection.