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Lepidocrocite Limonite & Quartz

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Lepidocrocite Limonite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Friedberg Mine, Fellingshausen, Biebertal, Giessen, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 5.2 × 3.3 cm
Description

A specimen  full of "rubinglimmer" (German synonym for lepidocrocite). The iron-mine was abandoned in 1961. Original old hand-typed label.

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

Quartz

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

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