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Iodargyrite On Mimetite

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Iodargyrite On Mimetite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2 × 4.1 × 3.6 cm
Description

A great mimetite specimen from Broken Hill with excellent coverage is even further enhanced by hundreds of iodargyrite crystals to 0.3cm. Old time specimen that has been kept out of excessive light, so the iodargyrite is still quite a pale yellowish white colour

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Iodargyrite

Formula: 
AgI
Strunz: 
3.AA.10
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Albarradón Mine, Albarradón, Mun. de Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

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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