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Mimetite Baryte & Calcite

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Mimetite Baryte & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Chah Milleh Mine, Anarak District, Nain County, Isfahan Province, Iran
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 5 × 3.3 cm
Description

An impressive floater consist of double terminated barite crystals, mimetite and calcite.

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White