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Mimetite Smithsonite & Quartz

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Mimetite Smithsonite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 8 × 6.1 cm
Description

Lustrous yellow mimetite crystals with light brown smithsonite rhombs and quartz crystals

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

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White