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Schaurteite

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Schaurteite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 0.6 × 0.3 cm
Description

Rare filigrane schaurteite crystals in a germanite renierite matrix with partly sphalerite. Schaurteite seems to abundant in these sphalerite layers among germanite renierite ore.  

SEM-EDS analysed material. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schaurteite

Formula: 
Ca3Ge(SO4)2(OH)6·4H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.25
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Schaurteite