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Mimetite

Ex Alex Mann Collection (USA)

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Description
Locality: 
San Pedro Corralitos, Casas Grandes Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.4 × 7.7 × 3.2 cm
Description

Very pretty yellow sparkling botryoidal crystallized mimetite covering matrix. This is in excellent shape damage-wise and while not the vivid lemon yellow that the best of these will show, still has great color and is quite attractive.

Ex. Alex Mann collection with several labels.

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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