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Goethite

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Goethite

ex coll. Dipl.-Ing. Wilhelm Maucher (1879-1930)
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Siegen, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.2 × 4.1 cm
Description

A very old piece of 'kidney ore' - clearly visible layers. Old label from Wilhelm Maucher (before 1930) - naming it "brauneisenerz/limonite".

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

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