Description
Detailed Description
This is a beautiful radial group of deep brown, sharp, lustrous goethite crystals. There are two tiers – an inner circle and an outer circle. A small conical fan of goethite crystals is attached at the lower right hand side. This specimen has a small wafer of matrix attached, which is very unusual for these. A gorgeous goethite!
About These Goethites
Although goethite is a common mineral, it is uncommon to find collection-worthy specimens of crystallized goethite. These goethite specimens were found in one of the huge chamber pegmatites at Volodarsk (which have long been famous for fantastic beryls and huge topaz crystals, to go along with monster quartz crystals). In 2013, the mining workings intersected a pocket which contained these radial sprays of goethite. I acquired them from the person who mined them out before the water table was allowed to submerge the pocket. The detailed locality information for these (included on the label accompanying each specimen) is Pegmatite No. 597, Mine No. 3.
