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Quartz With Goethite Inclusions

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Quartz With Goethite Inclusions

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Description
Locality: 
Rösenbeck Quarries, Brilon, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 4.6 × 3.3 cm
Description

Classic quartz crystals with inclusions of yellow pseudomorphs of goethite after fungi mycelium.Good color, good condition, bright and clean.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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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