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Arsentsumebite Linarite & Anglesite

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Arsentsumebite Linarite & Anglesite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Description

Sparkling applegreen arsentsumebite crystals with colourless anglesite crystals and blue linarite crystals (Ilse Baer, sister of Bruno Geier, formerly Chief Mineralogist Tsumeb mine)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsentsumebite

Formula: 
Pb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BG.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

Linarite

Formula: 
PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
7.BC.65
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Linares, Linares-La Carolina District, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain

Anglesite

Formula: 
PbSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Parys Mountain Copper Mine, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom