Iridescent Hematite from Florence Mine, Egremont - 66.3g Bendo Shaker behaviours

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Origin: Girilambone Copper Mine

Style or variant: Pearl

and locality collections focused on Ringway Airport Extension

The blue patterning breaks across the pale stone in a way that gives the piece movement and individuality from different angles

Iridescent Hematite from Florence Mine, Egremont - 66.3g Bendo Shaker behavioursAn iridescent hematite specimen from Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England. The display face shows a dark metallic hematite crystal coating with rainbow iridescence over red brown hematite matrix, with the reverse showing the solid iron rich matrix structure. Florence Mine is a classic Cumbrian iron ore locality known for hematite, kidney ore and specularite specimens. Weight 66. 3g; dimensions approx. 50 x 40 x 25mm. The piece in the photos is