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Chillagite & Mimetite

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Chillagite & Mimetite

Ex The Lee's Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Chillagoe, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4.1 × 3 cm
Description

Isolated yellow  bladed wulfenite variety chillagite, named for this area and was originally treated as a seperate species. The chillagite crystals are in a couple of cavities with matchstick like yellow to yellow orange mimetite crystals in a leached matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chillagite

Variety Of: 

Wulfenite

Formula: 
Pb(MoO4)
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Formula: 
Pb[(Mo,W)O4]
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Christmas Gift North Mine, Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia

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
Earthstones Australia

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