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Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.7 × 8.5 × 6 cm
Description

Excellent orange, hexagonal high gloss crystals of mimetite to 4 mm with lighter orange tips. A very impressive piece! This piece comes from an old collection and was acquired in 1972. The old collection label is included. The collection label says mottramite but in my opinion it is mimetite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mimetite

Formula: 
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany