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Brindleyite

New Tsumeb mineral! P-XRD & EDS confirmed

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm
Description

P-XRD & EDS studied brindleyite on chalcocite-germanite matrix from the famous Tsumeb mine. Only a few Ni minerals are known to exist in Tsumeb. XRD analysis and EDS analysis attached in the analysis section. 

More information available in the Tsumeb locality site on mindat. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brindleyite

Formula: 
(Ni,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Marmara bauxite deposit, Megara, Western Attikí District, Attikí Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Brindleyite
Analysis Report - only: Brindleyite
Analysis Report - only: Brindleyite