Botryoidal Hematite

Item Description

Mirror bright hematite botryoids on this impressive, sculptural, 3-dimensional large specimen from recent finds in Morocco. The mounded piece is dramatically covered with splendent, rich burnished brown to black, bubbly hematite botryoids They look like multiple "eyes" reflecting the lighting system lamps! They compare with the best and are more lustrous (even accounting for the fact that, as with all of these, one must assume they are lightly buffed in any case) from the famous 1800s to 1900s iron ore deposits of Cumbria, England. The matrix is classic banded hematite kidney ore. This is wonderful recent material to the market. If this WERE English, and it would be easy to simply "say it was so," the price would be much higher! This impressive 3-dimensional piece has more relief, that most you see from the find and has multiple display views. A fine large example.