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Eisenglimmer

Name:German name, translating to Iron Mica
German synonym of:Specularite


A brittle, lamellar to micaceous form of hematite, consisting of tiny flakes.

Also a term applied to goethite from Siegen, Germany.

References for Eisenglimmer

Reference List:Becher (1789), Min. Beschr. Oranien-Nassau Lande: 401.

Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 680 (goethite).

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