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Tsumcorite

David Burgess Collection
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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.1 × 6.4 × 3.7 cm
Description

You are bidding on a cabinet sample covered with thousands of tsumcorite crystals in clusters in a large vuggy area on matrix. Extremely rich sample from the David Burgess collection! He paid $275 in 1998. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tsumcorite

Formula: 
Pb(Zn,Fe3+)2(AsO4)2·2(H2O,OH)
Strunz: 
8.CG.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

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