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Calcite & Goethite Psm

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Calcite & Goethite Psm

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Description
Locality: 
Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.3 × 2 cm
Description

Nice, platy orange calcite crystals on a mass of brown goethite which appears to be pseudomorphing an unidentified mineral with a sheath-like crystal habit. K5

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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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