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Goethite Quartz & Baryte

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Goethite Quartz & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Amerzgane, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
17 × 9 × 5 cm
Description

A geode lined with water clear quartz crystals hosting black goethite needles and white baryte blades

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White