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Mimetite Var Prixite

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Mimetite Var Prixite

ex Collection Dr. Winfried Böhmer (Wunstorf/Germany)

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Description
Locality: 
Les Molérats Mine, Saint-Prix, Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.4 × 4.5 × 5.5 cm
Description

Pale yellow mimetite var prixite on matrix

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

Prixite

Variety Of: 

Mimetite

Formula: 
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Hardness: 
0.0