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Lepidocrocite

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Lepidocrocite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Železník, Sirk, Revúca County, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.8 × 2.3 cm
Description

Very nice reddish lepidocrocite crystals from classic Slovak iron ore mining locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lepidocrocite

Formula: 
γ-Fe3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.FE.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
Orange
Type Locality: 
Zlaté Hory (Zuckmantel), Olomouc Region, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Czech Republic