Brazilian hematite

From: Mineralogical Record | Date: March 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Brazilian Hematite

Catherine I Gaber 5707 Northfield Road Bethesda, Maryland 20817-6737

Brazil produces world-class, beautifully crystallized specimens of hematite occurring as reniform, specular, bladed iron "roses" and martite (hematite pseudomorph after magnetite). Less than one percent of Brazil's vast hematite resources produce crystals, but hematite, as an iron ore, is critically important to Brazil and to industry worldwide.

Brumado, Bahia, is known for its spectacular, sharp, hexagonal flat plates or tabular crystals. Botryoidal or reniform hematite is best known from Cumbria, ...

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