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Corkite & Tsumebite On Germanite

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Corkite & Tsumebite On Germanite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm
Description

Green SEM-EDS  & Raman confirmed tsumebite with brownish-yellow corkite and colourless-beige filigrane plumbogummite rosettes in germanite. 

Analysed specimen no 20-03-ge24. 

First two analysis in the analytical section are for corkite, third and fourth for tsumebite. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Corkite

Formula: 
PbFe3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Glandore Mine (Aghatubrid Mine; Glendore Mine), Glandore, Co. Cork, Ireland

Tsumebite

Formula: 
Pb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BG.05
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

Germanite

Formula: 
Cu13Fe2Ge2S16
Strunz: 
2.CB.30
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Corkite & Tsumebite On Germanite
Analysis Report - only: Corkite & Tsumebite On Germanite
Analysis Report - only: Corkite & Tsumebite On Germanite
Analysis Report - only: Corkite & Tsumebite On Germanite