Hematite (botryoidal) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Vein 12, Tadaout, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Daaa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Small Cabinet, 8.3 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm
Start Time: 12/14/2017 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 12/21/2017 6:47:33 pm (CST)
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Item Description

A wonderful and showy display specimen featuring nearly jet black, HIGHLY lustrous, botryoidal groups of Hematite free of matrix from the Vein 12 locality at Taouz, Morocco. The Hematites have a brilliant metallic mirror-like luster and look beautiful in person. Great quality, and LARGE "balls" compared to most I have seen from the locality. It does have some separation marks where it was removed from the pocke, but it still looks great in person. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#8244). Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Velt" November-December 2017).

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