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Descloizite

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Descloizite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Dark brown small descloizite crystals with minor calcite crystals  (Ilse Baer, sister of Bruno Geier, formerly Chief Mineralogist Tsumeb mine)

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