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Goethite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection.

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Description
Locality: 
Lake George, Park County, Colorado, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.7 × 0.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Description

When I first saw this specimen, I did not believe the label, what I held was a wonderful, sharp, lustrous, golden-black bladed of specimen of goethite which had form  a beautiful crystallized fan. The longest blades of goethite measure 1.7 cm, a great thumbnail, much better in person than cab be portrayed by me in these photo's

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
Earthstones Australia

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