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Siderite

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Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Qinglong Mine, Qinglong County, Guizhou Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 4.2 × 1.7 cm
Description

Group of brown strongly flattened lenticular siderite crystals associate with sharp chalcopyrite crystal on the matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Siderite

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