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Iodargyrite Corkite & Goethite

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Iodargyrite Corkite & Goethite

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Description
Locality: 
Serra da Mina Mine, Cercal, Santiago do Cacém, Setúbal District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.7 × 1.6 cm
Weight: 
16.00gr
Description

Goethite matrix with a cavity lined with velvety green goethite dotted with brown corkite crystals. Small groups of colourless iodargyrite micro crystals are also present.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Iodargyrite

Formula: 
AgI
Strunz: 
3.AA.10
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Albarradón Mine, Albarradón, Mun. de Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

Corkite

Formula: 
PbFe3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Glandore Mine (Aghatubrid Mine; Glendore Mine), Glandore, Co. Cork, Ireland

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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