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Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.6 × 2.2 cm
Description

A glittering specimen of piled-up bursts of mimetite crystals, a classic from Santa Eulalia! The elongated crystals bunch together in these mushroom shaped bursts whose massed, lustrous terminations give the surface its characteristic sheen. 

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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