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Mimetite

Former collection Lehmann (CH)
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Description
Locality: 
San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 5.2 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Weight: 
107.00gr
Description

A rich 'knob' consisting of two types of mimetite crystallization covering this dolomite group. Mushroom-like botryoids of mimetite var. campylite are grown on top of earlier crystallized hollow barrel-shaped mimetite of very good lustre. 

Very rich, a very interesting association that is easily over 30 years old.
From the former collection Lehmann (CH).

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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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