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Mimetite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Argent Mines, Delmas, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.7 × 0.2 cm
Description

Yellow 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