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Mimetite On Quartz

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Mimetite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Quartz Cliff, Badenweiler, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 4.6 × 2.7 cm
Description

Rounded groups of orange mimetite with very good lustre, on a quartz matrix. All the groups located in the geodes are free of damage, while some balls at the front have some erosions, buy it remains a good and representative piece from this protected locality.

It is an specimen from the Klaus Petitjean (Petitjeanite) collection.

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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