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Descloizite

Ex Hartmut Hartwig Collection (Germany)

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3 × 5.3 × 2.6 cm
Description

Really exceptional specimen of descloizite from Tsumeb mine. A cluster of red brown crystallised descloizite with a high lustre.

Ex Hartmut Hartwig collection, Germany collected in 1982.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Descloizite

Formula: 
Pb(Zn,Cu)(VO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Sierra de Córdoba, Punilla Department, Córdoba, Argentina