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Siderogel

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Becke-Oese quarry, Menden, Iserlohn, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Formula:
~FeO(OH) · nH
 
2
O
Colour:Blackish, brownish, ...
Name:Alludes to origin from gel.


Amorphous iron(-oxide)-hydroxides, often former gels.
Often glassy, translucent.

Compare also manganogel and hisingerite.

Classification of Siderogel

IMA status:Not Approved
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Physical Properties of Siderogel

Colour:Blackish, brownish, red-brown

Chemical Properties of Siderogel

Formula:
~FeO(OH) · nH
 
2
O
Essential elements:Fe, H, O
All elements listed in formula:Fe, H, O

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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    Austria
     
    • Salzburg
      • Hohe Tauern
        • Untersulzbach valley
          • Knappenwand area
    		Seemann, R. (1993): Geolehrpfad Knappenwand Untersulzbachtal. Naturkundlicher Führer zum Nationalpark Hohe Tauern, Band 10, Österreichischer Alpenverein, Innsbruck, Austria, 115 pp.
    • Styria
      • Fischbacher Alpen
        • Fischbach
          • Falkenstein
    		Kolitsch, U. (2010): 1664) Azurit, Brochantit, Carbonatcyanotrichit, Cyanotrichit, Jarosit, Ludjibait, Malachit, Pseudomalachit und weitere Mineralien vom Quarzitsteinbruch bei Falkenstein, Fischbach, Fischbacher Alpen, Steiermark. Pp. 248-250 in Niedermayr et al. (2010): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LIX. Carinthia II, 200./120., 199-260.
    Germany
     
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Black Forest
        • Calw
    		Walenta, K. (1992): "Die Mineralien des Schwarzwaldes", Weise (Munich).
        • Gengenbach
          • Haigerach valley
    		Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
        • Lahr
          • Reichenbach
            • Weiler
    		Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
        • Schenkenzell
          • Wittichen
            • Burgfelsen
    		No reference listed
            • Heubach Valley
    		No reference listed
        • Wolfach
          • Oberwolfach
            • Rankach valley
    		Walenta, K. (1992): Die Mineralien des Schwarzwaldes. Chr. Weise Verlag, München, 336 pp. (in German)
    • Hesse
      • Odenwald
        • Lautertal (Odenwald)
          • Reichenbach
            • Hohenstein
    		Lapis 25(2), 13-30 (2000)
    • Rhineland-Palatinate
      • Lahn valley
        • Bad Ems District
          • Frücht
    		Möhn, G., Frohwein, J. & Blaß, G. (2009): Neue Mineralfunde von der Grube Friedrichssegen bei Bad Ems. Lapis 34 (5), 35-40; 58.
    Japan
     
    • Honshu Island
      • Tohoku Region
        • Iwate Prefecture
    		Dr. Matsuo Nambu collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)
        • Miyagi Prefecture
          • Kesennuma
    • Kyushu Region
      • Nansei Archipelago
        • Kagoshima Prefecture
    		Kazue, T. (2000) Clays and Clay Minerals, 48, 511-520
    Slovakia
     
    • Košice Region
      • Spišská Nová Ves Co.
    		Ďuďa R., Peterec D., 1995 : Die Mineralien der siderit - baryt lagersttäte von Rudňany ( Kotterbach ) in der Slowakei. Mineralien Welt /Haltern/, 1, s.20 - 31
    Spain
     
    • Catalonia
      • Barcelona
        • Baix Llobregat
          • Gavà
            • Bruguers
    		Bareche, E (2005) "Els minerals de Catalunya. Segle XX" Ed. Grup Mineralògic Català, Barcelona, 269 p.
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