Size  8cm x 3cm
 
One of the larger pieces of goethite recovered from the lower benches of this opencut. This area was very fractured and most pieces of this goethite were thumbnail to small miniture sized pieces. The first two photos show the front side of the speciman, that has quite a bright green- orange iridescant coating on the goethite. The last two photos show the back of the piece, that has a larger area of iridescant colour, although not as bright. This area is probably flooded now, as when mining finished the pumps were switched off allowing the lower benches of the pit to flood.