Mimetite-Vanadinite Series

Arsenic-bearing Vanadinite, etc.

Macy Mine, Percha Creek, Hillsboro, Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA

Arsenic-bearing Vanadinite

Macy Mine, Percha Creek, Hillsboro, Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA

Mimetite

Mount Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory, Australia

Mimetite

Guatomo Mine, Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province, Thailand

Arsenic-bearing Vanadinite, etc.

Macy Mine, Percha Creek, Hillsboro, Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA

Arsenic-bearing Vanadinite

Macy Mine, Percha Creek, Hillsboro, Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA

Mimetite

Mount Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory, Australia

Mimetite

Guatomo Mine, Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province, Thailand

Arsenic-bearing Vanadinite, etc.

Macy Mine, Percha Creek, Hillsboro, Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA

Arsenic-bearing Vanadinite

Macy Mine, Percha Creek, Hillsboro, Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0020249	Vanadinite	Okudera H (2013) Relationships among channel typology and atomic displacements in the structures of Pb5(BO4)3Cl with B = P (pyromorphite), V (vanadinite), and As (mimetite) American Mineralogist 98 1573-1579		2013	Mibladen, Morocco	0	293
0020248	Vanadinite	Okudera H (2013) Relationships among channel typology and atomic displacements in the structures of Pb5(BO4)3Cl with B = P (pyromorphite), V (vanadinite), and As (mimetite) American Mineralogist 98 1573-1579		2013	Mibladen, Morocco	0	293
0020251	Mimetite	Okudera H (2013) Relationships among channel typology and atomic displacements in the structures of Pb5(BO4)3Cl with B = P (pyromorphite), V (vanadinite), and As (mimetite) American Mineralogist 98 1573-1579		2013	Pingtouling mine, Guangdong, China	0	293
0020250	Mimetite	Okudera H (2013) Relationships among channel typology and atomic displacements in the structures of Pb5(BO4)3Cl with B = P (pyromorphite), V (vanadinite), and As (mimetite) American Mineralogist 98 1573-1579		2013	Pingtouling mine, Guangdong, China	0	293
0014110	Vanadinite	Laufek F, Skala R, Haloda J, Cisarova I (2006) Crystal structure of vanadinite: refinement of anisotropic displacement parameters Journal of the Czech Geological Society 51 271-275		2006	Mibladen, Morocco	0	293
0005265	Mimetite	Yongshan D, Hughes J M, Moore P B (1991) The crystal structures of mimetite and clinomimetite, Pb5(AsO4)3Cl The Canadian Mineralogist 29 369-376		1991	Johanngeorgenstat, Erzgebirge, Sachsen, Germany	0	293
0005264	Mimetite	Yongshan D, Hughes J M, Moore P B (1991) The crystal structures of mimetite and clinomimetite, Pb5(AsO4)3Cl The Canadian Mineralogist 29 369-376		1991	Durango, Mexico	0	293
0020489	Mimetite	Sokolova E V, Egorov-Tismenko Y K (1982) Study of crystalline structures of rare arsentates: duftite and mimetite Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta Geologiya 37 50-56		1982	Cassiterite-sulfide field, Festivalnyi, East Siberia, Russia	0	293
0005225	Vanadinite	Dai Y S, Hughes J M (1989) Crystal-structure refinements of vanadinite and pyromorphite The Canadian Mineralogist 27 189-192		1989		0	293
0005076	Vanadinite	Trotter J, Barnes W H (1958) The structure of vanadinite The Canadian Mineralogist 6 161-173		1958		0	293
0018027	Vanadinite	Hendricks S, Jefferson M, Mosley V (1932) The Crystal Structures of Some Natural and Synthetic Apatite-Like Substances _cod_database_code 1011138 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 81 352-369		1932		0	293
0017912	Mimetite	Hendricks S, Jefferson M, Mosley V (1932) The Crystal Structures of Some Natural and Synthetic Apatite-Like Substances _cod_database_code 1010997 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 81 352-369		1932		0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to closedata_global _chemical_name_mineral 'Vanadinite' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Okudera H' _journal_name_full 'American Mineralogist' _journal_volume 98 _journal_year 2013 _journal_page_first 1573 _journal_page_last 1579 _publ_section_title ; Relationships among channel typology and atomic displacements in the structures of Pb5(BO4)3Cl with B = P (pyromorphite), V (vanadinite), and As (mimetite) ; _database_code_amcsd 0020249 _chemical_compound_source 'Mibladen, Morocco' _chemical_formula_sum 'Pb4.51 V2.976 P.012 O12 Cl.915' _cell_length_a 10.3217 _cell_length_b 10.3217 _cell_length_c 7.3407 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 90 _cell_angle_gamma 120 _cell_volume 677.284 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 6.428 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 63/m' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' '-x+y,-x,1/2-z' 'x-y,x,1/2+z' 'y,-x+y,-z' '-y,x-y,z' 'x,y,1/2-z' '-x,-y,1/2+z' 'x-y,x,-z' '-x+y,-x,z' '-y,x-y,1/2-z' 'y,-x+y,1/2+z' '-x,-y,-z' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_occupancy _atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv Pb1 0.33333 0.66667 0.00784 0.90200 0.01700 Pb2 0.25502 0.01233 0.25000 0.90200 0.01900 V 0.40944 0.38385 0.25000 0.99200 0.01000 P 0.40944 0.38385 0.25000 0.00400 0.01000 O1 0.33090 0.49700 0.25000 1.00000 0.01700 O2 0.60200 0.48590 0.25000 1.00000 0.02500 O3 0.35900 0.27000 0.06630 1.00000 0.02900 Cl 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.91500 0.02000 loop_ _atom_site_aniso_label _atom_site_aniso_U_11 _atom_site_aniso_U_22 _atom_site_aniso_U_33 _atom_site_aniso_U_12 _atom_site_aniso_U_13 _atom_site_aniso_U_23 Pb1 0.01949 0.01949 0.01225 0.00974 0.00000 0.00000 Pb2 0.01284 0.01799 0.02613 0.00759 0.00000 0.00000 V 0.01051 0.01019 0.01004 0.00557 0.00000 0.00000 P 0.01051 0.01019 0.01004 0.00557 0.00000 0.00000 O1 0.01970 0.01616 0.02228 0.01520 0.00000 0.00000 O2 0.00792 0.01689 0.04531 0.00217 0.00000 0.00000 O3 0.04011 0.03595 0.02287 0.02781 -0.02179 -0.01738 Cl 0.02111 0.02111 0.01890 0.01055 0.00000 0.00000

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All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Algeria
Guelma Province Hammam N'Bails District Djebel Nador ⓘ Nador N'Bails Mine	[Mimetite] BARRAL (2013)
Saida Province Saida District ⓘ Saida	[Vanadinite] Palache et al. (1951)
Sétif Province Salah Bey District Boutaleb ⓘ Boutaleb massif	[Mimetite] Palache et al. (1951)
Tissemsilt Province ⓘ Bou Caïd ore field	[Mimetite] Louha +5 other references
Angola
Uíge Province Damba ⓘ Lueca mine	[Vanadinite] Millmam (1960)
Argentina
Córdoba Province Cruz del Eje Department San Marcos District ⓘ San Ignacio mining district	[Vanadinite] Skirrow et al. (2000)
Minas Department Ciénaga del Coro District ⓘ El Guaico mining district	[Vanadinite] Sureda (1978)
Venus Pb-Zn deposit ⓘ Venus Mine	[Vanadinite] Dana et al. (1892) +1 other reference
Mendoza Province Las Heras Department Uspallata District ⓘ Paramillos de Uspallata	[Mimetite] Brodtkorb (2002)
Neuquén Province Picunches Department ⓘ Río Agrio Mine	[Vanadinite] Brodtkorb (2006)
Río Negro Province San Antonio Department Sierra Grande Gonzalito mining district ⓘ Gonzalito mine	[Mimetite, Vanadinite] Luetcke (n.d.)
ⓘ Vicentito mine	[Vanadinite] Ing. Omar Dario Peña specimen +1 other reference
Veinticinco de Mayo Department ⓘ Cruz del Sur mine	[Vanadinite] Hayase et al. (1978) +1 other reference
Salta Province La Poma Department ⓘ La Torca Mine	[Mimetite] A. G. Quiroga y T. Ruíz (1994)
Santa Cruz Province Lago Buenos Aires Department ⓘ Lejano Ag-Au prospect	[Mimetite] Sillitoe (2019)
Australia
New South Wales Buller Co. Wilsons Downfall ⓘ Silver King Mine 2 (Silver King Mine; Mount Pleasant lode; Silver Mount)	[Mimetite] Brown et al. (2001)
Georgiana County Tuena ⓘ Cordillera Mine	[Mimetite] Donald H. McColl (1973)
Gough Co. Elsmore ⓘ Elsmore Tin Mine (Elsmore Tin lodes)	[Mimetite] Rankin et al. (2002)
ⓘ Kingsgate	[Mimetite] Haupt et al. (2025)
ⓘ Twenty-Five North (Pipe No. 13)	[Mimetite] Steve Sorrell Collection
Kennedy Co. Condobolin district ⓘ Mineral Hill field	[Mimetite] Graham et al. (2005)
ⓘ East Pit (Triako open cut; Eastern crosscut)	[Mimetite] Sorrell (n.d.)
ⓘ Iodide Mine (Mount Iodide Mine)	[Mimetite] Gilligan et al. (1993)
ⓘ Parkers Hill	[Mimetite] Scott (2003, June)
King Co. Rye Park ⓘ Wallah Wallah Silver Mine (Wallah Wallah Mine)	[Mimetite] NSW Geological Survey - MIne Data Sheets (1975) +1 other reference
Robinson Co. Cobar ⓘ Endeavor Mine (Elura Mine)	[Mimetite] Leverett et al. (2005) +1 other reference
ⓘ New Cobar Mine (Cobar gold mine; Jubilee)	[Mimetite] Leverett et al. (2003)
Yancowinna Co. Broken Hill district ⓘ Broken Hill	[Vanadinite] Worner et al. (1982)
ⓘ Block 14 opencut	[Mimetite] Birch et al. (1997)
ⓘ Broken Hill Proprietary Mine	[Mimetite] Birch (1999)
Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine) ⓘ Central Mine (Block 9; ML 9)	[Mimetite, Mimetite var: Campylite] Birch (1999)
ⓘ Kintore opencut	[Mimetite] Birch et al. (1997)
ⓘ No. 3 Lens (No. 3 lead lens)	[Mimetite] Inegbenebor et al. (1992) +1 other reference
MMM Mine ⓘ Blackwood opencut	[Mimetite] Museum Victoria collection
Northern Territory Coomalie Shire Batchelor ⓘ Woodcutters Mine	[Mimetite] McLaughlan (1988) +1 other reference
Rum Jungle ⓘ Brown's Prospect	[Mimetite]
Victoria-Daly Region Grove Hill ⓘ Mount Bonnie Mine	[Mimetite] England et al. (1988) +1 other reference