Hematite(bloodstone) Kishkene-sor (Kazakhstan)

Price per gram.
Fractions from 100 grams and "higher" are priced at 7 rubles per gram with a choice.
Small fractions without a choice of up to 100 grams are priced at 8 rubles per gram.
With a choice of fractions up to 100 grams according to a certain size, shape, etc.parameters, the cost will be - 10 rubles per gram.

Hematite - a common iron mineral, one of the most important iron ore.

In Greek, the word "hematite" means "blood-red."
Kidney-peel raw hematite Bloodstone from the field kishkene - SOR in Kazakhstan, production of the Soviet period.
Processed hematite is similar to the Morion, black flint, jet, obsidian, from which it has a strong metallic luster, a high density is much heavier than the same minerals and any synthetics, a distinguishing characteristic red color features. Solid, but fragile.
In order to distinguish hematite from a fake or other stone, you need to spend them pushing, unglazed porcelain or earthenware, and hematite will leave a red mark.
Today there is an opinion that absolutely all the products in the market of stones,supposedly from hematite, and in fact his replacement is metal. On the submitted you photos real,natural already washed the pieces without the blood red dust. After washing and cleaning become steel - gray.