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Berzelianite On Cuprite & Native Copper

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Berzelianite On Cuprite & Native Copper

SEM-EDS & SC-XRD conf. no 440

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

SEM-EDS & SC-XRD confirmed, brown tarnished, on cuprite and native copper. 

Analysis no 440 in the analytical section. New mineral for Tsumeb Namibia. Other minerals present are cerussite, malachite and minor smithsonite. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Berzelianite

Formula: 
Cu2Se
Strunz: 
2.BA.20
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
Shining
Type Locality: 
Skrikerum Mine (Skrickerum Mine), Valdemarsvik, Östergötland, Sweden

Cuprite

Formula: 
Cu2O
Strunz: 
4.AA.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Berzelianite On Cuprite & Native Copper
Analysis Report - only: Berzelianite On Cuprite & Native Copper
Analysis Report - only: Berzelianite On Cuprite & Native Copper