Mimetite from
Wildfrauengrotte, Teschengraben, Krieglach, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria

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Mimetite

Wildfrauengrotte, Teschengraben, Krieglach, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria

Mimetite

Wildfrauengrotte, Teschengraben, Krieglach, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria

Mimetite

Wildfrauengrotte, Teschengraben, Krieglach, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria

Mimetite

Wildfrauengrotte, Teschengraben, Krieglach, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria

Mimetite

Wildfrauengrotte, Teschengraben, Krieglach, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria

Mimetite

Wildfrauengrotte, Teschengraben, Krieglach, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria

Mimetite

Wildfrauengrotte, Teschengraben, Krieglach, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria

Mimetite

Wildfrauengrotte, Teschengraben, Krieglach, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria

Classification
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
Validity:	Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:	XRD SEM-EDS
Associated Minerals:
Associates:	Beudantite Cerussite Fluorite Pyromorphite Quartz Segnitite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Anatase	1
Data
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
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	295461
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:295461:5
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Mimetite

5.5km (3.4 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
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
40.0km (24.8 miles)	ⓘ St Joachim Mine, Annaberg, Lilienfeld District, Lower Austria, Austria
References
Tomazic, P. (1999): Der Blei-Zink Bergbau Freßnitzkogel - Stanglalm, Mürztal, Steiermark, Österreich. Annalen, Journal of science and art, 1, 57-62

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Mimetite from Wildfrauengrotte, Teschengraben, Krieglach, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria

Mimetite from
Wildfrauengrotte, Teschengraben, Krieglach, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria