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Siderite On Quartz

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Siderite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Boswedden Mine, St Just, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Lustrous undamaged siderite crystals partly coating a group of milky quartz crystals.

From the late Peter Golley collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Quartz

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