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Goethite & Baryte

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Goethite & Baryte

ex. Collection F. Bauer (München/Germany)

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Description
Locality: 
Otto Mine, Schottenhöfe, Nordrach, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.3 × 8.4 × 6.4 cm
Description

Gorthite var. roter glaskopf with barite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White