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Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
New Cobar Mine, Cobar, Robinson County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 8.3 × 3.9 cm
Description

A good coverage of small yellow mimetite crystals to 3mm on a soft friable clay like matrix. Unusual for the locality.

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
Gondwana Minerals