Botryoidal Hematite

Item Description

Mesmerizing highly lustrous hematite botryoids cover the kidney ore matrix on this sculptural small cabinet from recent finds at Irhoud. The dramatic frontal display is essentially pristine. They compare with the best and are more lustrous (even accounting for the fact that, as with all of these, one must assume they are lightly buffed in any case) from the famous 1800s to 1900s iron ore deposits of Cumbria, England. This is wonderful recent material to the market. If this WERE English, and it would be easy to simply "say it was so," the price would be much higher! This impressive 3-dimensional piece has more relief, that most you see from the find.