Locality type: Mine Classification Species: Mimetite Formula: Pb5 (AsO4 )3 Cl Comments: world class samples (extraordinary crystals, according to the "handbook of mineralogy")https://www.mindat.org/reference.php?id=18945017 ] Habit: usually prismatic Colour: mainly colorless to yellowish or brownish Quality for species: Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) Significance: Classic locality for this mineral (see references.) Confirmation Validity: Believed Valid Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Smithsonite 161 Cerussite 158 Malachite 105 Calcite 88 Dolomite 81 - var Cobalt-bearing Dolomite 1 Wulfenite 68 Quartz 65 Willemite 62 Cuprite 59 - var Chalcotrichite 1 Duftite 56 Tennantite Subgroup 50 Native Copper 35 Galena 31 Bayldonite 20 Goethite 12 Azurite 11 Mottramite 11 Arsentsumebite 10 Feinglosite 10 Tsumcorite 7 Anglesite 6 Rosasite 5 Hedyphane 5 Beudantite 5 Aragonite 5 - var Lead-bearing Aragonite 5 Beaverite-(Cu) 5 Gartrellite 4 Minrecordite 3 Pyromorphite 3 Adamite 3 Pyrite 3 Hematite 3 - var Kidney Ore 1 Melanotekite 2 Olivenite 2 Hydrocerussite 2 Leadhillite 2 Senarmontite 1 Plancheite 1 Chalcocite 1 Hydroxylpyromorphite 1 Tuperssuatsiaite 1 Minium 1 Bournonite 1 Tetrahedrite Subgroup 1 Lukrahnite 1 Galena Group 1 Limonite 1 Ankerite 1 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Mimetite data Locality Data: Click here to view Tsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia Photo Gallery View Gallery (568 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 7750 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:7750:7 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Mimetite
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Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia