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Brauner Glaskopf

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Heinrichssegen Mine, Werdorf, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany
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Name:German, from "braun", brown, and "Glaskopf", derived from "Glatzkopf", meaning baldhead.
Synonym of:Goethite, Limonite


A term generically referring to any brown botryoidal mineral.

Classification of Brauner Glaskopf

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References for Brauner Glaskopf

Reference List: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: 685.

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    Localities for Brauner Glaskopf

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    Austria
     
    • Lower Austria
      • Gloggnitz
        • Semmering Massif
    		Huber, S. & Huber, P. (1977): Mineral-Fundstellen Band 8: Oberösterreich, Niederösterreich und Burgenland. C. Weise Verlag, München, 270 pp.
    Germany
     
    • Rhineland-Palatinate
      • Lahn valley
        • Bad Ems District
          • Frücht
    		Der Aufschluss Vol.55, March/April 2004
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