Image: Goethite-228398

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Description: Goethite Locality: Filón Sur Mine, Tharsis, Alosno, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 7.4 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm. From an incredible recent find, this amazingly iridescent and colorful goethite, which formed stalactitically, has botryoidal form on the surface which reflects its pink, red, gold, orange and other colors in every direction. Even the black goethite botryoids are silvery bright. An uncommonly colorful and beautiful form of a common mineral.
Title: Goethite-228398
Credit: http://www.mindat.org/photo-228398.html
Author: Robert M. Lavinsky
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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