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Zincian Olivenite

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Zincian Olivenite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Description

Lustrous green elongated zincolivenite crystals on a matrix covered with small zincolivenite crystals (former Cuprian Adamite)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zincian Olivenite

Variety Of: 

Olivenite

Formula: 
Cu2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Hardness: 
3.0
Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)2(AsO4)(OH)
Hardness: 
0.0