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Carminite & Mimetite

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Carminite & Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Alto das Quelhas do Gestoso Mine, Gestoso, São Pedro do Sul, Viseu District, Portugal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 3.7 × 1.7 cm
Description

Numerous red carminite crystals with colourless, prismatic mimetite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Carminite

Formula: 
PbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BH.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Louise Mine, Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Wied Iron Spar District, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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