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Fluorite On Goethite Psm Siderite

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Fluorite On Goethite Psm Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Allenheads Mine, Allendale, Northumberland, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 7 × 2.2 cm
Description

Sharp, glassy, purple fluorite crystals to 1.9cm on an edge on a thin bed of goethite pseudomorphs after siderite. A very unusual association from a rarely offered British locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), 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

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
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