Description: Specularite with Quartz on Hematite. West Cumberland Iron Ore Fields. Same ore body that is worked at the Florence Mine though this is from an unnamed mine several miles from that site. The ore body that was worked at Florence had over 400 mines and pits dug into it and this is from one of those. Hematite measures 5mm across the top

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