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Lepidocrocite

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Lepidocrocite

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Description
Locality: 
Louise Mine, Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 3.3 × 2.2 cm
Description

Fantastic orangered, lustrous microcrystals of lepidocrocite  on goethite matrix. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lepidocrocite

Formula: 
γ-Fe3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.FE.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
Orange
Type Locality: 
Zlaté Hory (Zuckmantel), Olomouc Region, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Czech Republic