Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Goethite

Views:
Watches:
NST631195

Goethite

Classic Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Ameise Mine, Eisern, Siegerland, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 4.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

Highly lustrous stalactitic goethite from historic Ameise Mine.

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