Native Iron polished slab (rare - Type Locality) ex Bedogne Coll.

Item Description

Terrestrial native iron is extremely rare in igneous rocks, even though it forms the majority of the earth 's core. This polished slab is from the Type Locality, remote Disko Island, Greenland. Most native iron is extra-terrestrial, found in meteroites. Bright metallic flecks of native iron are richly peppered in the basalt matrix. Old material, mostly recovered the late 1800s and rarely on the market. 30 grams mass. Ex Dr. Francesco Bedogne Collection # 1028 and acquired in 1980. Dr. Bedogne, 1942-2012, was a well-known Italian mineralogist, prolific author, field collector and collector. Read his biography in the Mineralogical Record Biographical Archive: http://www.minrec.org/labels.asp?colid=118.