Specimen #1553
Name: Plumbogummite on Mimetite
Type: Mineral
Locality: Yangshuo Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Favorite? N
Fluorescent? N
Size: 8.9 x 6.9 x 2.8 cm
Weight:
Acquired: 2009-07-16
Source: Arkenstone Auction
Label: Y
Comment: This showy and rich specimen was illustrated in the "What"s New from Munich" section of the March/April, 2007 issue of the Mineralogical Record, Vol. 38, No. 2, p. 162. Teal-blue plumbogummite covers crystals and a crust of yellow mimetite on quartz from the well-known Yangshuo Mine of China, which is on the other side of the mountain from the famous Daoping Mine.It is really way better than most of them which were more gray-blue than blue in color.
Minerals: Mimetite (Pb5(AsO4)3Cl) Plumbogummite (PbAl3(PO4)2(OH)5 (H2O))
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