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Mimetite

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Mimetite, 2-cm crystal on 3.5-cm matrix, from the Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico. Valar Fine Minerals specimen; Christi Cramer photo.

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SpeciesMimetite
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityMexico, Sonora, Milpillas Mine
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record 56 3 page 336
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Valar Fine Minerals

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Mimetite
Mineral guide
Learn about Mimetite
lead arsenate chloride crystals from canary yellow to orange; hexagonal prisms and campylite forms showcase color, variety, and localities.
Mimetite
Regional guide
Mimetite from Milpillas Mine
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Locality guide
Milpillas Mine
Milpillas Mine, Mexico — defining modern locality famed for electric indigo azurite and sculptural malachite, with rare volborthite, dioptase, and cuprite.