01btsm.r ((HEMATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Arzanah island, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates, 5 MM in length, Thumbnail | |
Double terminated scalenahedral crystal of lustrous Hematite. Unusual form for Hematite and only mineral specimens found at the locality. Oil geologists smuggled them out in the 90"s in a sock. Requests to collect on the Island were turned down by the Abu Dhabi government officials |