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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: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.6 × 2.7 cm
Weight: 
60.00gr
Description

Spectacular and very aesthetic group of coraloid globular romanechite over iridiscent goethite from this new find in this classic Spanish mine.

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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