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Mimetite


Mimetite : Pb5[Cl|(AsO4)3]

Photo Copyright © 2008 by Dominik Schläfli.  - Creative Commons Non-Commercial No Derivatives Licence - Some Rights Reserved
Locality: Pingtouling Mine (Dashuihu Mine), Liannan Co., Qingyuan Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China
Aggregate of multiple translucent barrel shaped mimetite crystals, meeting a perfectly clear prism. The termination of the prism seems to contain a multitude of canals (hollow or filled with a material with a different refractive index).
Image is 9.5 mm wide.
Acquired in 2004.

Photo & collection: D. Schläfli

keywords: hires

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