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Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Gowd Mine, Anarak District, Nain County, Isfahan Province, Iran
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.4 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
7.00gr
Description

Cluster of extremely bright honey yellow crystals, up to 4 mm size, implanted on a lamellar crystal the cerussite.

Mineral Data
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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