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Hemimorphite & Mimetite

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Hemimorphite & Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 9.1 × 5.5 cm
Weight: 
113.00gr
Description

Nice specimen from Mexico with an aesthetic association of hemimorphite in a myriad of crystals of excellent brightness and transparency and sparkling mimetite in a beautiful orange yellow color.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

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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