Mimetite Mineral Gallery

Mimetite: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl  
Duftite-alpha: PbCu(AsO4)(OH)

Comments: Mimetite crystals are replaced by Duftite-alpha on a gossanous matrix.
Location: Mt. Bonnie Mine, Northern Territory, Australia. Scale: Crystal size to 3mm.
© John Veevaert

Mimetite: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl  
Cerussite: PbCO3

Comments: Creamy white crystal of cerussite measuring 11 x 22 mm in size nestled nicely in a vug which is lined by bright-yellow, lustrous, prismatic mimetite crystals. The mimetites average 5 mm in length.
Location: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: 3.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm.
© Dan Weinrich

Mimetite: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl

Comments: Crystals of tan colored Mimetite. The largest crystal is 1 cm across.
Location: Mt. Bonnie Mine, Northen Territory, Austalia. Scale: 2.9 x 1.7 cm.
© John Veevaert

Mimetite: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl  
Plumbogummite: PbAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·(H2O)

Comments: White, fuzzy aggregates of plumbogummite covering lime green mimetite (campylite) crystals.
Location: Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Mimetite: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl  
Wulfenite: PbMoO4

Comments: Gemmy, pale yellow mimetite crystal with brownish-orange wulfenite. Former James and Dawn Minette Collection.
Location: Gem Pocket 1971, Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: 2 x 1 x 1 cm.
© Rob Lavinsky

Mimetite: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl  
Joelbruggerite: Pb3Zn3Sb+++++As2O13(OH)

Comments: SEM image of a barrel-shaped joëlbruggerite crystal lanced by acicular mimetite. (AmMin, v94:1012).
Location: Black Pine mine, 14.5 km northwest of Philipsburg, Granite County, Montana, USA. Scale: Crystal Size 30 µm across.
© American Mineralogist