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Goethite

ex Norbert Stötzel, Siegen, include his label
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Neue Haardt Mine, Weidenau, Siegen, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 5.2 × 3.9 cm
Description

Nice old specimen with partial kidney ore structure.

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