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Mawsonite & Gallite

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Mawsonite & Gallite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.7 × 1.6 cm
Description

Metallic sulfides including mawsonite, gallite and stannoidite from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia. 

Micro-probed material at NHM Vienna, Austria. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mawsonite

Formula: 
Cu6Fe2SnS8
Strunz: 
2.CB.20
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Royal George mine, Swinton, Tingha, Hardinge Co., New South Wales, Australia

Gallite

Formula: 
CuGaS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Colour: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Kipushi Mine (Prince Léopold Mine), Kipushi, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)