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Siderite

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Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 4.7 × 2 cm
Description

This is a very good and beautiful siderite specimen from the famous Panasqueira Mine in Portugal.

Pale brown, lenticular siderite crystals on a bed of gemmy quartz crystals with lustrous metallic chalcopyrite crystals.

Ex Armin Wendland collection

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White