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Chalcocite & Gartrellite & Philipsbornite

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Chalcocite & Gartrellite & Philipsbornite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Lustrous metallic chalcocite crystals with colorless philipsbornite crystals and greenish gartrellite crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcocite

Formula: 
Cu2S
Strunz: 
2.BA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Gartrellite

Formula: 
Pb(Cu,Fe3+,Zn)2(AsO4,SO4)2·2(H2O,OH)
Strunz: 
8.CG.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Philipsbornite

Formula: 
PbAl3(AsO4)2(OH)5·H2O
Strunz: 
8.BL.10
Crystal System: 
trigonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Red Lead Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia