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Mimetite Var Bellite

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Mimetite Var Bellite

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Description
Locality: 
Poderosa Mine, El Campillo, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Red bellite, a chromian variety of mimetite, in dark red crystals on matrix. 

Beautiful!

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

Bellite

Variety Of: 

Mimetite

Formula: 
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Formula: 
Pb5 (AsO4,CrO4, SiO2)3Cl
Hardness: 
2.5 - 0.0