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Siderite

ex Dr. H.-J. Wilke collection
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Hilfe Gottes Mine, Wiemannsbucht, Bad Grund, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.5 × 7 × 3.5 cm
Description

Very attractive and good specimen of golden-brown, lustrous siderite crystals on matrix.

Very good specimen from Dr. H.-J. Wilke collection - acquired 1971

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Siderite

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