Hematite, Ironstone, and Ores

The original "blood stone," hematite is often confused with meteorites to amatuer collectors. It is simply an iron rich sedimentary rock which can look a little like melted metal, albeit red/grey.

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Typically when we find Scottish hematite it is red in colour. Red ochre forms on the surface when it is exposed to the wet climate here. It will still polish up a lovely gun metal grey though. We occasionally find it in botryoidal formation where it looks like bubbles. 

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Magnetite, goethite, and other iron oxides and ores will also appear in this section.