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Calcite Goethite Psm Legrandite

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Calcite Goethite Psm Legrandite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
8 × 17 × 7 cm
Description

Sample of very rare pseudomorphosis. Goethite mixed with calcite took the place of giant Legrandite crystals. This speudomorphosis is very rare and unique in the world.

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

Legrandite

Formula: 
Zn2(AsO4)(OH)·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Flor de Peña Mine, Lampazos de Naranjo (Lampazos), Mun. de Lampazos de Naranjo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

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Italy - UPS
14
UE - UPS
20
Australia, Oceania, China - UPS
50
Usa, Canada and the rest - UPS
37
England
25

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We are professional resellers, and the guaranteed quality of each sale, and customer satisfaction, is our goal. We are not responsible for any damage suffered by the sample in transit. With the exception that the package arrives in poor external condition. We pack all the samples in a way and with super tested professional systems. But in any case you declare with a video, the opening of the package. The return of a sample for various reasons. It must be approved by us. And in any case the reimbursement will be net of expenses. Photos: All the photos we posted as examples were taken with professional cameras. Photos are not retouched with software, to enhance or alter the appearance of the samples. We try to offer photos, more realistically closer to the reality of the sample.

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