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Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 6.65 × 6.25 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.75cm
Description

Barrel shaped Tan/Orange crystals of Campylite amongst many Hexagonal Mimetite crystals.  Semi lustre and sitting on a layer of Coronadite on top of Quartz matrix.  Nice contrast.  Aesthetic.

Ex North of England Minerals.

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

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