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Goethite

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Description
Locality: 
Ribeiro da Igreja Mine, Alfena, Valongo, Porto District, Portugal
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.3 × 2 cm
Description

specimen with beautiful iridescent patinae or tiny branch of goethite on matrix.

c. 4089

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

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