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Mimetite & Wulfenite

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Mimetite & Wulfenite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection.

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm
Description

Masses of mimetite crystal hemispheres, with greenish yellow colouration are festooned with yellow tabular wulfenite crystals. this specimen was recovered from level 7 of the La Campana Vein in the Ojula Mine at Mapimi.

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

Wulfenite

Formula: 
Pb(MoO4)
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria
Earthstones Australia

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