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Mimetite

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Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Haus Baden Mine, Sehringen, Badenweiler, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.2 × 7 × 4.2 cm
Description

Very nice, botryoidal, orange mimetite crystals on matrix. An all-around showy little specimen. You don't get much of this outstanding find anymore.

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