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Mimetite

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Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 6.3 × 5.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Description

Groups of round orange mimetite (variety campylite)  crystals are scatterd in a vug inside the massive quartz, over a layer of black manganes oxydes enhancing their colour. Formerly in the Giancarlo Fregosi collection, Italy.

Classic british stuff!

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

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The item can be returned for whichever reason, provided its original conditions, and within 10 days from its delivery to the Buyer. In the case of returning, the Buyer will be entitled to the refund of the item price; shipping costs will remain at the Buyer's charge in any case.