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Kësterite

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Kësterite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.2 × 0.4 cm
Description

Inclusions of kësterite associated with tennantite-Zn and chalcocite from the famous Tsumeb mine, Namibia. 
SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed material. Specimen comes with a printed analytical report. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kësterite

Formula: 
Cu2(Zn,Fe)SnS4
Strunz: 
2.CB.15a
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Këster Deposit (Kester Deposit), Arga-Ynnakh-Khaya granite Massif, Yana-Adycha Region, Yana River Basin, Verkhoyansk, Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Kësterite
Analysis Report - only: Kësterite