Hematite after Magnetite
specimen number:
5004640
location:
Payun Matru Volcano, Malargue, Mendoza, Argentina
description:
Large skeletal crystals of what were once magnetite forming a cluster and now replaced by brilliant lustrous metallic crystals of hematite. There is minor attached matrix, this is complete all around and in super condition. Collected in 2008.
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