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Mimetite

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Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Tharsis, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.8 × 2.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.25cm
Description

Truly beauty under the microscope or a lense: Deep yellow mimetite crystals on matrix.

Very rich specimen.

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