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Siderite (Var: Lady's Slipper) : FeCO3

Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, Whitchurch, Tavistock District, Devon, England, UK

Siderite cast after barite, 100mm, a form colloquially known as a lady's slipper. Ian Jones collection, probably collected circa 1832-33.
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Multiple photos availableSiderite (Var: Lady's Slipper) : FeCO3

Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, Whitchurch, Tavistock District, Devon, England, UK

A real classic English specimen of Siderite pseudomorphing Baryte, more commonly known as a 'Lady's Slipper'. The Siderite forms a thin flat pointed sheath, with the top of the slipper formed of two flat finely crystallised layers, and the 'sole' formed of a slightly more rounded black coated Siderite. Along the edges of the slipper there are ...
 © Kristalle and CrysPhoto ID: 78232    View Count: 173
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