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Mimetite

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Locality: 
San Pedro Corralitos, Casas Grandes Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 4.6 × 3.5 cm
Description

This is a nice and older example of orange-yellow mimetite as cauliflower like small aggregates with in part crystal faces on a gossan matrix. Given locality is only Chihuahua - other specimens from the lot show more botryoial forms so i would tend to assign it to San Pedro Corralitos but Sta. Eulalia is also a plausible possibility. Not an expert enough on mexican minerals to nail this one down.

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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