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Siderite

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Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Scharnagl Quarry, Oedenthal, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 3 × 3 cm
Description

Very attractive and unusual globular siderite crystals nicely set on matrix.

Beautiful specimen from a recent find in Bavaria.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White