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Mimetite On Beudantite

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Mimetite On Beudantite

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Description
Locality: 
Tharsis, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm
Description

Beautiful sharp mimetite crystals partely sitting on a bed of pale brown beudantite microcrystals from the famous locale in Spain.

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

Beudantite

Formula: 
PbFe3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Louise Mine, Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Wied Iron Spar District, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany