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Quartz With Fossil Psm Goethite Inclusions

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Quartz With Fossil Psm Goethite Inclusions

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Description
Locality: 
Hohenlimburg Quarry, Oege, Hagen, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 4.5 × 3.4 cm
Weight: 
64.00gr
Description

Water clear Quartz Crystals with Yellow Geothite pseudomorph after Fossil Fungus Mycelia as inclusion , which forms an irregular mesh of thin strings  and phantom  inclusions with Calcite crystals on matrix.
Rare and unique occurance of inclusions which are Pseudomorphs of Goethite after Fungus Mycelia are visible in some crystals with a loupe

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

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

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