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Romanèchite & Goethite

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Romanèchite & Goethite

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Description
Locality: 
Haití Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, San Ginés de la Jara, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.4 × 3.6 × 3.5 cm
Weight: 
92.00gr
Description

Excellent and very esthetic specimen of romanechite in the form of stalactite partially covered with goethite iridescent from this new find.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Romanèchite

Formula: 
(Ba,H2O)2Mn5O10
Strunz: 
4.DK.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Manganese deposit, Romanèche-Thorens, La Chapelle-de-Guinchay, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France

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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