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Lepidocrocite On Goethite

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Lepidocrocite On Goethite

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Description
Locality: 
Zlaté Hory, Jeseník, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm
Description

From the type locality, red tabular crystals of lepidocrocite on botryoidal goethite matrix. Old specimen, with rest of a glued label on in.

Acquired in 1974, it is an Ex. René Virlet specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lepidocrocite

Formula: 
γ-Fe3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.FE.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
Orange
Type Locality: 
Zlaté Hory (Zuckmantel), Olomouc Region, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Czech Republic

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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