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Arsendescloizite & Mimetite

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Arsendescloizite & Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 7.1 × 3.5 cm
Description

A large specimen featuring yellow-green balls of arsendescloizite with minor mimetite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsendescloizite

Formula: 
PbZn(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

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