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Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan County, Qingyuan, Guangdong Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 6.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Weight: 
72.00gr
Description

This specimen is a layer of very bright, lustrous yellow mimetite crystals and has crystallisation on all sides of the piece. It does have one best display side and stands up to display well without support. The location has yielded famously beautiful mimetite but only for a short period and these pieces are generally coveted by collectors.

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