Lepidocrocite - angew. Mineralogie

Lepidocrocite
IV - Hydroxides

`Name`		`Lepidocrocite`
`Chemistry`		`FeOOH (`g`-FeOOH)`
`Hardness`		`5`
`Lustre`		`adamantine`
`Colour`		`red, yellowish brown or blackish brown`
`Streak`		`dark yellow brown`
`Density [g/cm³]`		`4.0`
`Crystal habit`		`orthorhombic, crystals thin tabular to [010]`
`Cleavage, Fracture`		`[010] perfect`
`other characteristics and occurrences`		`pulverulent and massive, botryoidal` `limonite = mainly goethite (`a`-FeOOH) with little lepidocrocite`

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