Goethite (rare locality specimen)

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A cool specimen of Goethite listed only as coming from the town of Mountain View, Missouri. I don't know if the piece was found on the surface, just lying around, or if it was actually collected from either a mine or a surface digging. Either way, it's the only specimen we've ever seen from Howell County. The piece has wonderful a globular or mammillary appearance, with a gentle golden-rusty hue on the surface and a dark brown-black color underneath. Very little damage and it's actually quite showy for what it is. An oddball locality piece, certainly a candidate to add to a collection of spherical minerals, or simply unusual specimens from lesser-known localities. From the worldwide mineral collection of Albert Lewis Kidwell (January 1, 1919 - August 16, 2008). Al was a well-known mineral collector and research geologist with Carter Oil Company and later Exxon Oil Company in Houston, Texas. The phosphate species Kidwellite was named in his honor in 1974.