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Goethite Psm Calcite

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Goethite Psm Calcite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5 × 7 × 4 cm
Description

Black metallic lustrous perimorphous after scalenohedral calcite perfectly crystallized goethite. Matrix forms a skarnic hostrock. From a long time abandoned mine near Schwarzenberg. A rarity.

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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