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Goethite

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Goethite

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Description
Locality: 
Haití Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, San Ginés de la Jara, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 2.7 × 2.7 cm
Weight: 
36.00gr
Description

Spectacular specimen of iridescent goethite with minor romanechite completely covering a pyrolusite matrix, a very aesthetic specimen that comes from a small geode found in 2016.

Mineral Data
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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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