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Mimetite

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Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Cinquevalli Mine, Roncegno, Valsugana, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 6 × 2.1 cm
Description

a very rich specimen featuring hundreds light brown tufts of mimetite crystals

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