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Goethite

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Locality: 
Cerro Colorado, Rio Tinto Mines, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 2.8 × 1.1 cm
Description

Nice representative specimen of multi-layered goethite specimen with every layer showing different colours, so the assembly is really aesthetic. It was collected at the late 1990’s at the Salomón Mount, at Cerro Colorado (Rio Tinto), a super classic Spanish locality exploited already in pre-roman times.

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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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