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Krieselite

SEM-EDS & Raman conf. no1121-ger1

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm
Description

Colourless acicular krieselite with wulfenite from the famous Tsumeb mine in germanite. 

SEM-EDS conf. no 1121-ger1-n

Comes with colour printed analysis.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Krieselite

Formula: 
(Al,Ga)2(GeO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.20
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia