Siderite Photos
Cochise College               
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Roger Weller, geology instructor

wellerr@cochise.edu    copyright 2008-R.Weller

 
siderite
Silver Hill Mine, southern Arizona
Siderite is iron carbonate.  The most common crystal shape of siderite is the
rhombohedron, shown below.
 

siderite
Photo is copyright free for non-commercial educational uses.
Just credit photo to R.Weller/Cochise College.