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Mimetite Sample

Mimetite


Chemical Composition: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Group: -
System: Monoclinic
Family: Phosphates
Hardness: 3.5


  • Small, hexagonal, prismatic crystals, sometimes with curved faces
  • No cleavage
  • Even fracture
  • Nonmetallic; resinous to adamantine luster
  • Other colours: colourless, yellow-brown
  • Very heavy, fragile
  • Translucent
  • Soluble in acids and fuses easily
  • Colourless or yellowish streak
  • Specific gravity 7.1