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Rosasite Hemimorphite & Mimetite

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Rosasite Hemimorphite & Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Las Minicas Mine, Benahadux, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.6 × 4.3 × 3.2 cm
Description

Very showy deep green rosasite balls scattered over the matrix with colorless hemimorphite flattened-crystals and tiny yellow mimetite needles. One of the best specimen from the find!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rosasite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Rosas Mine, Narcao, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

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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