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Mimetite & Plattnerite

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Description
Locality: 
Bilbao Mine, La Blanca, Ojo Caliente Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6.2 × 4.2 cm
Weight: 
157.00gr
Description

Good size representative specimen of mimetite from the Bilbao Mine (Zacatecas, Mexico), of orange yellow colour, with some surfaces partially coated with black plattnerite.

Ex Arnaud Gelders specimen.

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

Plattnerite

Formula: 
PbO2
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK

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