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Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Badenweiler, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 6 × 6 cm
Description

A fine example of bright orange campylite-like Mimetites on Quartz and Baryte matrix from the Quartz cliffs at Badenweiler, Black Forest, which actually are outcrops of lead- and silver-bearing veins representing parts of the veins that were worked by the Sophienruhe Mine.

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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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Germany: < 2 kg
5
Worldwide: < 2 kg - tracking without insurance
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