Specimen #635
Name: Mimetite
Type: Mineral
Locality: Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
Favorite? N
Fluorescent? N
Size: 7.3 x 4.2 x 3 cm
Weight: 68
Acquired: 2008-04-22
Source: Auction: Dan Weinrich
Label: N
Comment: A 7.3 x 4.2 x 3 cm brecciated matrix, both sides richly crystallized in sparkling micro acicular yellow crystals of mimetite. Good to the naked eye, best viewed with 10x magnification. The crystals show transparency when viewed closely. In very good shape damage-wise.
Minerals: Mimetite (Pb5(AsO4)3Cl)
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