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Mimetite

Type Locality
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm
Description

Brown, well defined crystals of unusual brown mimetite from the classic and sought after type locality Johanngeorgenstadt in Saxony. The crystals are sharp edged and high lustrous. A good sample of demanded species from that locality.

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
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