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Lepidocrocite

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Lepidocrocite

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Locality: 
Iron Duke Mine, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 5.8 × 2.8 cm
Description

A wonderfully lusterous specimen of lepidochrosite from a more obscure location near Iron Knob in the Middleback Ranges of South Australia. The lepidochrosite forms tight knit sprays at one end of the specimen graduating to isolated clusters on a contrasting background at the other end. On a thin iron ore matrix

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
Earthstones Australia

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