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Goethite & Quartz

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Goethite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Royal Restormel Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 8 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Weight: 
750.00gr
Description

A large, rich and heavy specimen of goethite which displays on five faces. The goethite has formed as bands of dark golden brown concentric rings and in a few areas as botryoidal spheres with an iridescent sheen. There is one cavity lined with clear quartz.

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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