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Goethite Psm Pyrite

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Goethite Psm Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Nillinghoo Goldfield, Mount Victor Plumbago Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 6 × 5 cm
Description

Australian classic and not so often seen: from the Nillinghoo gold fields comes this quite large pseudomorph of goethite (limonite) after pyrite, which shows a combination of pyritohedral and cubic faces. With Krantz label.

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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