Luster - Metallic

Hardness - Greater than 5.5

Streak=Red-brown

No Apparent Cleavage

Hematite
Fe2O3

Red-brown Streak

No Cleavge

Only the silver-black variety has a distinct metallic luster. H=6.5

Your Mineral is Hematite!

 

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