A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Mimetite |
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| Description | Mimetite, Pb5(AsO4)3Cl (lead chloroarsenate), is so called because it resembles pyromorphite. It occurs in pale yellow or brownish hexagonal crystals. Mimetite does not form well shaped crystals often and especially of the green color. It usually is found as a botryoidal crust, a sparkling cauliflower aggregation or as minute spike-like crystals. |
| Location | Greece. Near Thasos. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-11-26. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1059. |
| Key words | Mimetite, Greece |
| Tech details | 423 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1844 |
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