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Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan County, Qingyuan, Guangdong Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 7 × 7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Weight: 
363.00gr
Description

Orange hexagonal crystals to 8mm on  matrix from Pingtouling mine

Locality now closed, few good size specimens offered now - displays well

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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