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Schneiderhöhnite

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Schneiderhöhnite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.3 × 2.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Description

A vuggy quartz matrix with reddish staining is host to a rather poor cerussite crystal and several crystals of susp schneiderhöhnite with super sharp terminations.

Also present are some druzy masses of brownish willemite and some black botroidal geothite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schneiderhöhnite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+3[As5O13]
Strunz: 
4.JA.35
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

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