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Goethite & Austinite & Malachite

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Goethite & Austinite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Lavrion District Mines, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15.5 × 12.5 × 3.5 cm
Weight: 
460.00gr
Description

Beutiful and colorful specimen from very old finds consisting of a highly saturated ochre color well crystallized limonite on flat and leafy dark Goethite crystallization with exquisite, highly unusual, very well developped and designed dark dendrite. Concentrations of Austinite associated with minor hairy light green Malachite crystals contrast beautifully with the thick crystallized limonite. Both sides of the specimen are displayable and very nice to watch in person

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Goethite

Formula: 
α-Fe3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.00.
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Hollertszug Mine (Hollerter Zug Mine), Dermbach, Herdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Austinite

Formula: 
CaZn(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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