Hematite

Fe₂O₃

Non-silicate

Crystal system: trigonal (-)

Colour in hand specimen: black, steel-grey and bright to dull red 
Streak: cherry-red 
Cleavage: none 
Hardness: 5-6

Colour in plane polarised light: opaque; blood-red in very thin splinter 
Pleochroism: none 
Relief: high

M500 Hematite 
Cumberland 
A concretionary mass showing concentric and radial structure 
Silvery black with a red streak 
Oxidised to dark brown-red in places 
Metallic lustre

L310 Breccia 
L311 Conglomerate 
L324 Sandstone, feldspathic arenite 
L326 Sandstone, ferruginous arenite 
L340 Mudstone 
L354 Limestone, shelly
L500 Slate