Goethite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Goethite [ FeO(OH) ]

Image of Goethite

Botryoidal Goethite from Siegerland, Germany. Gallery of Mineralogy and Geology of the French National Museum of Natural History in Paris.

Photo by Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY 4.0

Material properties

Formulas	FeO(OH), FeOOH
Abbreviation	Gth
Variant	Al
Classifications	Minerals containing OH, Diaspore (group), Iron oxide/hydroxide
Luminescence emitters	H2O, H-O-H, OH
IMA Status	Approved (IMA 1980 s.p.)
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Related materials	Feroxyhyte, Lepidocrocite
Crystal symmetry	Orthorhombic, Point group mmm
Tags	Mineral, Hydroxide, Hydroxide

Composition

Element	Atoms
H	1
Fe	1
O	2
Total:	4

References for Goethite

Laukamp et al. 2021

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Ruan et al. 2001

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Specimens of Goethite

Name	Owner	Materials	Phase purity	Image
M2063 Magnesite / Gaspéite / Reevesite	CSIRO	Gaspéite, Goethite (8.3%), Hematite, Magnesite, Reevesite	8.3
M2237 Malachite / Azurite	CSIRO	Azurite, Delafossite, Goethite, Al (7.7%), Hematite, Malachite, Quartz	7.7	M2237 Malachite / Azurite Image of Malachite, Azurite, Delafossite, Goethite (var. Al), Hematite and Quartz in specimen 'M2237 Malachite / Azurite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.
M0930 Azurite / Hematite	CSIRO	Azurite, Goethite, Al (6.7%), Hematite, Hoganite, Quartz	6.7	M0930 Azurite / Hematite Image of Azurite, Goethite (var. Al), Hematite, Hoganite and Quartz in specimen 'M0930 Azurite / Hematite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.
M2456 Quartz / Jarosite	CSIRO	Goethite (5.8%), Jarosite, Natrojarosite, Quartz	5.8	M2456 Quartz / Jarosite Image of Quartz, Goethite, Jarosite and Natrojarosite in specimen 'M2456 Quartz / Jarosite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.
M2333 Schorl / Topaz / Quartz	CSIRO	Cassiterite, Goethite (5.4%), Quartz, Schorl, Topaz	5.4	M2333 Schorl / Topaz / Quartz Image of Schorl, Cassiterite, Goethite, Quartz and Topaz in specimen 'M2333 Schorl / Topaz / Quartz' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.
M0301 Djurleite / Pyrite / Malachite	CSIRO	Bornite, Chalcocite, low, Chalcocite, high, Cuprite, Djurleite, Goethite (4.5%), Malachite, Pyrite	4.5	M0301 Djurleite / Pyrite / Malachite Image of Djurleite, Bornite, Chalcocite (var. low), Chalcocite (var. high), Cuprite, Goethite, Malachite and Pyrite in specimen 'M0301 Djurleite / Pyrite / Malachite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.
M2753 Quartz	CSIRO	Azurite, Goethite, Al (3.5%), Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz	3.5	M2753 Quartz Image of Quartz, Azurite, Goethite (var. Al), Muscovite-1M and Muscovite-2M1 in specimen 'M2753 Quartz' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.
Swa-1 Montmorillonite / Quartz	CSIRO	Goethite (2.3%), Montmorillonite, Fe, Quartz	2.3	Swa-1 Montmorillonite / Quartz Image of Quartz, Goethite and Montmorillonite (var. Fe) in specimen 'Swa-1 Montmorillonite / Quartz' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.
M1357 Schorl / Muscovite	CSIRO	Gibbsite, Goethite (1.6%), Muscovite-2M1, Quartz, Schorl	1.6	M1357 Schorl / Muscovite Image of Schorl, Gibbsite, Goethite, Muscovite-2M1 and Quartz in specimen 'M1357 Schorl / Muscovite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.
MT8388a Palygorskite / Montmorillonite / Quartz	CSIRO	Goethite (1.6%), Montmorillonite, Palygorskite, Quartz	1.6	MT8388a Palygorskite / Montmorillonite / Quartz Image of Palygorskite, Goethite, Montmorillonite and Quartz in specimen 'MT8388a Palygorskite / Montmorillonite / Quartz' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.
PFl-1 Palygorskite / Montmorillonite	CSIRO	Fluor-elbaite, Goethite (1.3%), Montmorillonite, Palygorskite, Quartz	1.3	PFl-1 Palygorskite / Montmorillonite Image of Palygorskite, Fluor-elbaite, Goethite, Montmorillonite and Quartz in specimen 'PFl-1 Palygorskite / Montmorillonite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.
APIH33a Nontronite	CSIRO	Goethite (1.1%), Nontronite	1.1	APIH33a Nontronite Image of Nontronite and Goethite in specimen 'APIH33a Nontronite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.