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Goethite With Quartz

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Goethite With Quartz

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Freisen, Sankt Wendel, Saarland, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.9 × 8.2 × 2.9 cm
Weight: 
219.00gr
Description

Very rich specimen with dozens of free standing goethite needles in a quartz geode with minor yellow calcite. Classic locality specimen from Freisen, in very good condition, it was collected by Leendert Weeda (1932-2006) in 1971.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Quartz

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

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