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Lazaridisite & Gunningite

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Lazaridisite & Gunningite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Colourless XRD & EDS confirmed lazaridisite in cavities of germanite-enargite matrix with some white irregular XRD confirmed gunningite and minor namuwite. 

Analysis attached. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lazaridisite

Formula: 
3CdSO4·8H2O
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Colour: 
colorless
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Esperanza Mine, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attikí Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece

Gunningite

Formula: 
ZnSO4·H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Comstock-Keno Mine, Keno Hill, Mayo Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Lazaridisite & Gunningite
Analysis Report - only: Lazaridisite & Gunningite
Analysis Report - only: Lazaridisite & Gunningite
Analysis Report - only: Lazaridisite & Gunningite