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Siderite & Quartz

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Siderite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Glasebach Mine, Straßberg, Harz, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14 × 12 × 7 cm
Description

Very large and old specimen with golden brown siderite crystals and gemmy quartz crystals all around the specimen.

With minor calcite crystals.

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