Hematite after Marcasite
specimen number:
1791031
location:
Farafra Oasis, White Desert, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
description:
A loose cluster of what were once crystals of marcasite, these now replaced by lustrous hematite. Complete all around with no points of attachment. This came to us labeled as hematite, it is quite possible it is goethite.
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