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From geokb
Mindat Short Description
The most common simple iron oxide mineral. A weathering product of numerous iron-bearing minerals.
Goethite may crystallize from a precursor - a not approved species called 'proto-goethite'. May also form due to mineralization of lichen (Parmelia co...
Geoscience Ontology Status Notes
Lenz J G (1806) Göthit. in Tabellen über das gesammte Mineralreich, Göpferdts (Jena) 46-46
IMA Formula (from Mindat)
FeO(OH)
RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)
Fe3+O(OH)
