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Turgite

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Description
Locality: 
Fritz Mine, Essershausen, Weilmünster, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 3.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

A kidney ore-like turgite (German = hydro-haematite - turgite is a mixture of haematite and goethite). Rare.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Turgite

Mixture Of: 

Goethite

Formula: 
α-Fe3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.00.
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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