783 atxxar ((HEMATITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Arzanah Island, near Abur-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 1 x .2 x .2 cm, Thumbnail | |
Double terminated rare scalenahedron of Hematite. These were sneaked out of the island by an oil worker and requests to collect more specimens by mineral dealers were turned down. So these were collected one time about twenty years ago and exported in a sock to avoid detection. |