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Agate Hematite & Goethite

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Agate Hematite & Goethite

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Description
Locality: 
Upper Quarry, Berschweiler, Baumholder, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 4.8 × 4.3 cm
Description

Nice agate with red spherules (color caused by hematite inclusions) and yellow-brown sheaves of goethite needles visible in one picture.

Of course, cut and polished.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Agate

Variety Of: 

Chalcedony

Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0

Hematite

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

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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