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Hemimorphite & Mimetite

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Hemimorphite & Mimetite

Ex John R. Ydren collection

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 6.5 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

A beautiful piece from the Ojuela Mine, loaded with dozens of colourless well-formed hemimorphite crystals up to 1 cm and yellow spherical clusters of mimetite on matrix.
Collected in 1965, ex John R.Ydren collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

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
Cartils Minerals

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