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Mimetite

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Mimetite

Ex Michael Newnham Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 4.7 × 3.6 cm
Description

Bright greenish yellow mimetite crystals liberally scattered across a black gossan matrix

Ex Michael Newnham #695

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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