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Mimetite & Duftite

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Mimetite & Duftite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 0.8 × 0.8 cm
Description

Yellowish mimetite crystals with green duftite crystals on iron oxide matrix  ( For original close-up photo contact us )

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

Duftite

Formula: 
PbCu(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia