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Sphärosiderite & Cervantite

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Sphärosiderite & Cervantite

From an old collection of a doctor in chemistry from 1900-1930
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

Spharosiderite was once considered to be a separate species until proven to be the microcrystalline botryoidal variety of siderite over a century later. It remains a recognizable variety of siderite with distinct form, and this locality is the classic and best place to have obtained one.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphärosiderite

Variety Of: 

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Hardness: 
0.0

Cervantite

Formula: 
Sb3+Sb5+O4
Strunz: 
4.DE.30
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Cervantes, Sierra de Ancares, Lugo, Galicia, Spain
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