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Goethite Psm Pyrite

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Goethite Psm Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Isa, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 3.8 × 3.6 cm
Description

A group of twinned and intergrown pyrite crystals that formed a shapely floater group have been completely replaced by goethite, specimen was collected in the Mount Isa Mining District

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
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