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Hematite
Hematite is an iron oxide mineral with the chemical formula Fe₂O₃. It commonly appears in metallic gray, black, steel-gray, or reddish-brown forms, and its red streak is a useful identifying feature. Hematite has been used as a source of iron, as a polishing material, and as red ochre pigment in prehistoric art. Its dense appearance and range of finishes also make it familiar in carvings and ornam...
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Neptunite
Neptunite is an approved silicate mineral with the formula KNa2LiFe2+2Ti2Si8O24. It commonly forms black to dark-red monoclinic crystals and is associated with alkaline pegmatites; its type locality is the Narsaarsuk pegmatite in Greenland, where it was first published in 1893. In California it is notably found with benitoite in natrolite veins, making it a mineral of interest to collectors.
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