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Fluorite With Goethite Psm Siderite

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Fluorite With Goethite Psm Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Heights Mine, Westgate, Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3 × 3 cm
Description

A very unusual and not unattractive specimen with twinned grey/purple fluorite crystals up to 2.6 cm on an edge. The main fluorite crystal is sandwiched between black goethite after siderite and comes close to completely surrounding it. Something a little different from a famous British locality. Shows typical strong fluorescence under a LW UV light source.

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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