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Tsumcorite Mimetite

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Tsumcorite Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.3 × 2 cm
Description

some zones of the sample are covered by dark brown crystals of Tsumcorite and nice white crystals of mimetite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tsumcorite

Formula: 
Pb(Zn,Fe3+)2(AsO4)2·2(H2O,OH)
Strunz: 
8.CG.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

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

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