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Goethite Baryte & Calcite

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Goethite Baryte & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Paliokamariza Mines, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
8 × 12.7 × 7.8 cm
Weight: 
655.00gr
Description

Botryoidal, very nice and impressive, thick and silvery lustrous and large, lead rich Goethite specimen, that actually formed over a reminiscent red Baryte cluster, which I show on a picture, associated also with a secondary crystallization on a specific spot, Calcite microcrystals

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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