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Corkite On Goethite

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Corkite On Goethite

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Description
Locality: 
Cercal, Santiago do Cacém, Setúbal District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 10.3 × 5.7 cm
Weight: 
323.00gr
Description

Nice specimen from Portugal of corkite in a myriad of small crystals of excellent brightness in a beautiful yellow-brown color in graduated shanding on matrix of goethite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Corkite

Formula: 
PbFe3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Glandore Mine (Aghatubrid Mine; Glendore Mine), Glandore, Co. Cork, Ireland

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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