Polished terrestrial Native Iron slab (rare)

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Native iron is RARE on the earth's surface and is more commonly and easily found in meteorites! This is an excellent and pretty example from a rare locality. A polished end slice of basalt, hosts numerous sparkling grains of elemental iron. This rich, rare and excellent specimen is from an abandoned basalt quarry. SELDOM on the market. According to MINDAT it is an "Abandoned basalt quarry on a contact to tertiary lignites." And iron is rare in igneous rocks. From a European collection.