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Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.5 × 6 × 5 cm
Weight: 
311.00gr
Description

Beautiful specimen of mimetite on greyish-brown matrix from Tsumeb Mine. Most of the crystals show a satin lustre on the prism faces and high mirror-like lustre on the terminations.

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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Shipping Information

Postage Area Price
Germany: < 2 kg
5
Worldwide: < 1 kg - tracking without insurance
11