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Mimetite Duftite & Smithsonite

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Mimetite Duftite & Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 8 × 5 cm
Description

This is a very old Tsumeb specimen - collected in the early 1940s.

Large mimetite crystals partely covered by sparkling green duftite crystals and small smithsonite crystals.

Beautiful and attractive specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Duftite

Formula: 
PbCu(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

Smithsonite

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