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Sénarmontite & Feinglosite

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Sénarmontite & Feinglosite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1.3 × 0.8 cm
Description

Colourless octahedral senarmontite associated with yellow-green feinglosite in galena-chalcocite matrix from the famous Tsumeb mine, Namibia. 

SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed no 843-846. 

Other minerals associated are hydroxylpyromorphite & OH rich mimetite. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sénarmontite

Formula: 
Sb2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.50
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Djebel Hammimat Mine, Ain Babouche, Ain Beida, Constantine Province, Algeria

Feinglosite

Formula: 
Pb2Zn(AsO4)2·H2O
Strunz: 
8.BG.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Sénarmontite & Feinglosite
Analysis Report - only: Sénarmontite & Feinglosite
Analysis Report - only: Sénarmontite & Feinglosite