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Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan County, Qingyuan, Guangdong Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5 × 3.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Weight: 
121.00gr
Description

Elegant and rich small cabinet of yellow-orange mimetite from this classic Chinese locality. Crystals are hexagonal barrels with great lustre and exceptional transparency, especially the orange individuals. Mimetite well contrasts with the limonite matrix.
Among the best Pingtouling mimetite I have had in my stock, these specimens set a standard as for world class mimetite.

A great display specimen, very colorful and in great conditions.

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

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