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Lepidocrocite & Goethite

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Lepidocrocite & Goethite

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Description
Locality: 
Friedberg Mine, Fellingshausen, Biebertal, Giessen, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.2 × 5.6 × 5 cm
Weight: 
360.00gr
Description

Old time specimen from a long time defunct and more or less landscaped iron mine in Germany: goethite with some manganese oxides and reddish-brownish fibrous lepidocrocite. Typical kind of specimen for that locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lepidocrocite

Formula: 
γ-Fe3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.FE.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
Orange
Type Locality: 
Zlaté Hory (Zuckmantel), Olomouc Region, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Czech Republic

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

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Best regards Roger