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Amethyst With Goethite

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Amethyst With Goethite

seller's own collection/ coll. Zander
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Description
Locality: 
Waldhambach, Annweiler am Trifels, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.2 × 11.8 × 7.4 cm
Description

Very nice amethyst vug from one of the rarer offered localities, which is long closed for mineral collecting.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Amethyst

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Purple

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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