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Gallite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3 × 0.6 cm
Description

Dark grey gallite in germanite from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia. Rare mineral. In this assemblage no ovamboite was found, but gallite. 

Analysis attached. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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)