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Nadorite & Mimetite

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Nadorite & Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm
Description

Yellow-orange nadorite groups with colourless mimetite (SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed) associated with andradite and aegirine. 

Analysis on request. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nadorite

Formula: 
PbSbClO2
Strunz: 
3.DC.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Nador n'Bails Mine, Djebel Nador, Guelma, Constantine Province, Algeria...

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