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Goethite

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Description
Locality: 
Royal Restormel Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 7.5 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Weight: 
375.00gr
Description

A large and rich specimen of goethite and quartz which displays on four faces. Four vugs contain small bright micro quartz crystals.  Throughout the specimen as veins goethite is revealed in the typical 'wood iron' rosettes of golden brown. In a few areas the goethite has formed as complete dark brown spheres. There is no damage and the specimen displays well.

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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

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