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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
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 7 × 4.5 cm
Description

Very good lepidocrocite on limonitic matrix from the Eisenzecher Zug mine near Eiserfeld. Aesthetic specimen coming with a handwritten label from the Hauser collection. 

 

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
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