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Mimetite

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Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Debao County, Baise Prefecture, Guangxi, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

A very fine crystal, it shows intense orange color and many structures in surface. Also developed backside, only bottom was on the rock. All faces are highly lustrouse.

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