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Fleischerite

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Fleischerite

SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.5 × 0.6 cm
Description

Colourless SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed fleischerite associated with mimetite on galena matrix. 

Fleischerite occurs as colourless radiating bunches in cracks of galena. 

Analysis attached. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fleischerite

Formula: 
Pb3Ge(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.25
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Fleischerite
Analysis Report - only: Fleischerite
Analysis Report - only: Fleischerite
Analysis Report - only: Fleischerite
Analysis Report - only: Fleischerite