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Otjisumeite & Stottite

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Otjisumeite & Stottite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm
Description

Colourless hexagonal, partially hollow otjisumeite from the famous Tsumeb mine, Namibia. 

Associated with yellow stottite. 

SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed no MA1963. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Otjisumeite

Formula: 
PbGe4O9
Strunz: 
9.J0.15
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

Stottite

Formula: 
Fe2+[Ge4+(OH)6]
Strunz: 
4.FC.15
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Colour: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia