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Otavite & Minrecordite

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Otavite & Minrecordite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.5 × 8.5 × 6.5 cm
Description

Excellent specimen hosting minrecordite (second layer), otavite (first layer) on smithsonite with a brown cerussite crystal in the center. Other minerals present are rosasite and duftite. 

SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed. Analytical data in the analyis section. 

Rare mineral. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Otavite

Formula: 
CdCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

Minrecordite

Formula: 
CaZn(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Otavite & Minrecordite
Analysis Report - only: Otavite & Minrecordite
Analysis Report - only: Otavite & Minrecordite
Analysis Report - only: Otavite & Minrecordite