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Cronstedtite & Siderite

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Cronstedtite & Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Brunita Open Pit, La Paraleja, La Unión, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.6 × 5.8 × 4 cm
Weight: 
187.00gr
Description

Very nice sample of red siderite crystals over pyrite matrix from this classic Spanish site nowaday closed.

On back side has a vug with goethite and cronstedtite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cronstedtite

Formula: 
Fe2+2Fe3+((Si,Fe3+)2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic, Trigonal, Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

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