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Goethite Var Glaskopf

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Goethite Var Glaskopf

ex Charles Ottley Groom-Napier (M&M)
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Locality: 
(Bohemia), Czech Republic
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm
Description

A very nice miniature of stalactitic limonite with in part lustrous surface (Glaskopf) and some manganese oxide. ID by Groom-Napier is definitely wrong, no haematite. Nevertheless an interesting 19th century oldie with M&M label.

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

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