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Lepidocrocite

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Lepidocrocite

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Description
Locality: 
Eisenzecher Zug Mine, Eiserfeld, Siegen, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Limonitic matrix hosting dozens of integrown lepidocrocite crystals with strong luster and intense red colour.

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