The Richard M. Geiger Collection
968
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Mimetite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
small-cabinet – 6.3 x 4.3 x 3.1 cm
This specimen is almost entirely covered in stacks of olive to pistachio green colored mimetite. The crystals are hexagonal prisms with pinacoidal terminations. Oddly, the pinacoidal terminations are lustrous while the rest of the crystals are somewhat matted.
Photos courtesy of/©2009 Trinity Mineral Company
Mineral Species
Mimetite
Dana
Strunz
Crystal System
IMA Chemistry
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Provenance / Ex-Collections
- Paul Hoffman
968
Mimetite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico