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Lauraniite Edwardsite Lazaridisite & Gunningite

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Lauraniite Edwardsite Lazaridisite & Gunningite

SCXRD & SEM-EDS confirmedno 11-08-ger4

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm
Description

Blue lauraniite & edwardsite associated with powdery white gunningite and colourless lazaridisite with quartz on germanite matrix. 

SEM-EDS & SC-XRD confirmed material. Analysis in the analytical section. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lauraniite

Formula: 
Cu6Cd2(SO4)2(OH)12 · 5H2O
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Colour: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Laurani Mine, Laurani District, Aroma Province, La Paz, Bolivia

Edwardsite

Formula: 
Cu3Cd2(SO4)2(OH)6·4H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.30
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Colour: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

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: Lauraniite Edwardsite Lazaridisite & Gunningite
Analysis Report - only: Lauraniite Edwardsite Lazaridisite & Gunningite
Analysis Report - only: Lauraniite Edwardsite Lazaridisite & Gunningite
Analysis Report - only: Lauraniite Edwardsite Lazaridisite & Gunningite