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Goethite Var Goethite

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Goethite Var Goethite

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Description
Locality: 
Becker Quarry, Freisen, Sankt Wendel, Saarland, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.5 × 3.2 cm
Description

Goethite as nadeleisenerz (needle-iron-ore), in sheaf-aggregate, rarely seen. The specimen is lustrous and almost massive - only minor fragments of the formerly surrounding quartz. Pieces like this are very rare and sought after by local cllectors.

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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