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Schultenite & Keyite

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Schultenite & Keyite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.6 × 0.3 cm
Description

A white schultenite crystal (part of a large crystal, unfortunately without termination) on cuprian adamite crystals on ore matrix.

With very small blue keyite microcrystals on the ore matrix.

Schultenite is PXRD confirmed.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schultenite

Formula: 
Pb(HAsO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.30
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

Keyite

Formula: 
Cu2+3Zn4Cd2(AsO4)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.50
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
blue
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia