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Mimetite

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Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Endeavor Mine, Cobar, Robinson County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 3.6 × 5.5 cm
Description

A light chocolate coloured matrix hosts to two generations of mimetite crystals in its various nooks and crannies.

The first generation forms isolated yellow mimetite crystals and the second an even more lustrous rich green mimetite in clusters.

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
Earthstones Australia

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