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Cadmian Smithsonite With Mimetite Native Copper & Malachite

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Cadmian Smithsonite With Mimetite Native Copper & Malachite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.5 × 3.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.10cm
Description

Unusual and interesting classic specimen. Very fine, lustrous greenish-beige mimetite crystals with copper inclusions and copper with malachite on top. All on same-colored smithsonite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cadmian Smithsonite

Variety Of: 

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5

Mimetite

Formula: 
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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