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Mimetite

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Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Schmitt Quarry, Altenmittlau, Spessart, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2 × 2.3 cm
Description

A shiny yellow aggregate of mimetite grown on limonite and dolomite from the most famous german locality for azurite, Altenmittlau.

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