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Mimetite & Duftite

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Mimetite & Duftite

ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 3.1 × 2.3 cm
Description

Yellow bladed crystals of mimetite stacked in books with green duftite crystals on a matrix comprising a mixture of duftite and mimetite.

This specimen was collected in the aerly 1980's by Norm Robinson

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

Duftite

Formula: 
PbCu(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
Earthstones Australia

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