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Brindleyite

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Brindleyite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 0.3 × 0.25 cm
Description

Colourless lustrous brindleyite on chalcocite matrix. EDS & XRD confirmed. A new mineral from the Tsumeb mine. Second last sample of this confirmed find. 

 

 

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