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| Species: | Mimetite |
| Formula: | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
| Comments: | - individual crystals up to 1 cm long and sheafs and masses up to 10 cm in large dissoluton vugs in fluorite with limonite, cerussite and relictic quartz. This green to yellow variety forms a solid-solution series with pyromorphite.
- colorless to white, needle-like crystals up to 3 mm long in small vugs in fluorite and gneiss. Nearly pure mimetite without significant pyromorphite-component. |
| Colour: | green, olive green, yellowish green, yellow, white, colorless |
| Luminescent properties: | strong orange in short wave UV |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | XRD
SEM-EDS |
| Associated Minerals: |
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| Associates: | Beudantite
Cerussite
Fluorite
Pyromorphite
Quartz
Segnitite
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| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Anatase | ⓘ1 photo of Mimetite associated with Anatase at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Mimetite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Wildfrauengrotte, Teschengraben, Krieglach, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (18 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 295461 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:295461:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | d65d99e4-4e76-4b32-97ed-bf059f6d9d11 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Mimetite |
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| 5.8km (3.6 miles) | ⓘHöllkogel, Alpl, Freßnitzgraben, Krieglach, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria |
| 10.7km (6.7 miles) | ⓘSchweinskogel, Stanz im Mürztal, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria |
| 10.7km (6.7 miles) | ⓘLambachgraben quarry ("Harterbachgraben" quarry), Hadersdorf, Kindberg, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria |
| 12.7km (7.9 miles) | ⓘStraßegg (Straßeck), Gasen, Weiz District, Styria, Austria |
| 20.2km (12.6 miles) | ⓘKaltenegg, Southern District, Prinzkogel mines, Prinzkogel (Prinzenkogel), Rettenegg, Weiz District, Styria, Austria |
| 21.1km (13.1 miles) | ⓘWagnerhöhe, Southern District, Prinzkogel mines, Prinzkogel (Prinzenkogel), Rettenegg, Weiz District, Styria, Austria |
| 21.9km (13.6 miles) | ⓘArzberg am Semmering mines, Hasen valley, Fröschnitz valley (Fröschnitz), Steinhaus am Semmering, Spital am Semmering, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria |
| 32.9km (20.4 miles) | ⓘHaringgraben gypsum mine, Oberort (Tragöß-Oberort), Tragöß-Sankt Katharein, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria |
| 39.7km (24.7 miles) | ⓘSt Caroli Shaft, St Anna Mine ("Hocheck" mine), Annaberg, Lilienfeld District, Lower Austria, Austria |
| 39.9km (24.8 miles) | ⓘSt Anna Mine ("Hocheck" mine), Annaberg, Lilienfeld District, Lower Austria, Austria |
| References |
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Wildfrauengrotte, Teschengraben, Krieglach, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria