Hematite (Wes Parker Coll.)

Great Rock Mine, Hennock, Devon, England
Small Cabinet, 7.2 x 6.8 x 2.4 cm
Start Time: 11/28/2009 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 12/03/2009 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Brilliant metallic, dark gray to black, melted-look hematite thickly covers matrix on this showy and rarely available material from an uncommon Devon, England locality - the Great Rock Mine. Hematite ore was mined in World War II for warship paint. The ore was nicknamed "Shining ore". Ex Tony Ellis and Wes Parker Collections.

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