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Goethite Var Glaskopf

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Goethite Var Glaskopf

ex Hermann Höger collection
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Neuenbürg District, Neuenbürg, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.8 × 7.6 × 4.7 cm
Description

A very nice botryoidal goethite from old german locality.
The white color of matrix is barite.

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

Glaskopf

Variety Of: 

Goethite

Formula: 
α-Fe3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.00.
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5