Description
When you are into unusual specimens from unusual localities that have unusual mineral associations, than this piece might just be the right specimen for you. A slab of native Iron, polished on both sides. First of all, native Iron is uncommon; it is actually rare (unless it is from an Iron meteorite). Second, this piece is from Bühl in Hesse, Germany, and third, it comes from a quarry where a basalt flow was in contact with a lignite deposit from the Tertiary. Does this piece check all the boxes? If the answer is yes, you know what to do.