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Mimetite

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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: 
9 × 5.5 × 5.6 cm
Description

Uncountable glossy well-shaped mimetite crystals attractively set on pale pink dolomite. Nice contrast with dark grey matrix. Mimetite crystals show light yellow colour and very good luster. No significant demages to report, except it was on the rock.

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