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Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 6 × 4 cm
Weight: 
213.00gr
Description

Very rich specimen completely covered with different kinds of mimetite crystals: most of them are forming sheaf-like yellow aggregates, but there are also isolated pale-yellow needles and some areas with olive green-coloured microcrystals. These might also be mimetite, but could also be another mineral like mottramite.

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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