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Cubanite & Smithsonite

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Cubanite & Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 3.5 × 3.3 cm
Description

Cubanite is very rarre at Tsumeb mine.

This old pale salmon colored smithsonite specimen shows tiny acicular tarnished cubanite crystals very rich on galena crystals on its back side.

Analysed specimen

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cubanite

Formula: 
CuFe2S3
Strunz: 
2.CB.55a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Barracanao (Baracoa), Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Holguín Province, Cuba

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Cubanite & Smithsonite