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Hematite

Unknown Owner

Classic Italian specimen with bright lustrous metallic bladed crystals of hematite to 1.0 cm in size on matrix. Typical of these slight damage present, this still very nice.

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Species

HematiteAbout Hematite →

SizeSmall Cabinet

Dimensions6.0 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm

Added on09/20/2025

Locality

Italy, Tuscany, Rio MarinaRegional guide →

Known provenance

Date	Collector	Acquisition price
—	Unknown Owner	$55.00
—	Weinrich Minerals	Not disclosed

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Hematite

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iron oxide with steel-gray to jet-black crystals and red earthy varieties; prized iron-rose rosettes and kidney ore, with a diagnostic red streak.

Hematite

Hematite from Rio Marina, Elba Island, Italy

Rio Marina is one of the great European names for hematite: a locality where iron ore history, Mediterranean landscape, and top-tier crystallization meet in the same specimen. The best pieces show the unmistakable Rio Marina look — black to steel-gray, mirror-bright hematite crystals, commonly tabular, lamellar, rhombohedral, or complex, sometimes broken into glittering micaceous plates and sometimes flashed with natural iridescence from thin alteration films of iron oxides and oxyhydroxides. On the finest examples the crystals sit with quartz or brassy pyrite, giving the specimen a sharp contrast between black metallic hematite, pale quartz, and gold pyrite.