| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Mimetite |
| Formula: | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
| Comments: | Associated with arsenopyrite. |
| Habit: | tufts of fine needles with individual crystals up to 500µm; long white filaments up to 1mm |
| Colour: | colourless to whitish |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Mimetite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Hourt quarry, Grand-Halleux, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 78413 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:78413:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Mimetite |
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| 3.2km (2.0 miles) | ⓘThier des Carrières, Cahay, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 29.0km (18.0 miles) | ⓘBertha shaft, Neue Hoffnung Mine, Bleialf, Prüm, Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
| 52.9km (32.9 miles) | ⓘCopper smelter slag locality, Kall, Euskirchen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 56.9km (35.3 miles) | ⓘMünsterbusch zinc smelter slag locality, Stolberg, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 58.0km (36.1 miles) | ⓘBirkengang zinc smelter slag locality, Stolberg, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 61.3km (38.1 miles) | ⓘConcordia smelter slag locality, Eschweiler, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 61.5km (38.2 miles) | ⓘGottessegen open pit, Griesberg, Kommern, Mechernich, Euskirchen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 61.8km (38.4 miles) | ⓘMaubacher Bleiberg, Hürtgenwald, Düren, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 84.8km (52.7 miles) | ⓘBendisberg Mine, St Jost, Langenfeld, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
| References |
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Hatert, Frédéric, Lefèvre, Pierre, Pasero, Marco, Fransolet, André -Mathieu (2003) Graulichite-(Ce), a new arsenate mineral from the Stavelot Massif, Belgium. European Journal of Mineralogy, 15 (4) 733-739 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2003/0015-0733 |
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