noun
- a yellow to brown mineral consisting of lead chloroarsenate, typically occurring in hexagonal crystals
Usage: mineralogy
Examples
- The mineral specimen contained beautiful yellow mimetites crystals.
- Mimetites is often found in oxidized lead deposits.
- The collector identified the hexagonal crystals as mimetites.
- Mimetites forms in the oxidation zones of lead ore deposits.
- The museum’s geology exhibit featured a large sample of mimetites.