2.05" Botryoidal Goethite Formation - Taouz, Morocco
This beautiful botryoidal specimen of goethite is from the famed mines in Taouz, Morocco.
Known since ancient times, goethite is a beautiful dark gray to black iron-based mineral that can take many forms. It was used in antiquity as a pigment for painting and has even been found in the famous caves at Lascaux, France.