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Goethite

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Description
Locality: 
Wheal Cock, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4 × 7 × 4 cm
Description

Large open cavity with bright goethite crystals to 1 mm on haematite, jasper matrix.

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