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Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Delpratt's Shaft, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

A stalactite of small blocky mimetite crystals from the 400 level of the Delpratts Shaft. The mimetite has a deep yellow colour and satin lustre.

An attractive and interesting thumbnail of this unusual mimetite occurence. collected in 1991.

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
Earthstones Australia

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