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Otavite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm
Description

Silky white otavite crystals all over the specimen. Otavite confirmed by microprobe! Very good and rich small specimen of the very rare mineral.

Ex Kipfer collection

Picture published in mindat.org

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Otavite

Formula: 
CdCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia