Description: Hematite Payún volcano, Altiplano de Payún Matru, Malargüe Department, Mendoza, Argentina 2.6 x 5.8 cm. Elongated octahedral hematite pseudomorphing magnetite and showing skeletal herringbone ribs. Collected from a fumarole in 2001.

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