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Edwardsite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1.1 × 0.9 cm
Description

Blue edwardsite with ktenasite and niedermayrite on germanite matrix from the famous Tsumeb mine, Namibia. 

Analysed (SXRD, EDS), comes with a colour printed analysis. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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