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Sidpietersite & Plumboselite

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Sidpietersite & Plumboselite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.4 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm
Description

Acicular plumboselite on galena encrusted by hydrocerussite (lustrous platy) and sidpietersite crusts. 

SEM-EDS, Raman & SCXRD confirmed material. Comes with a colour printed analysis. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sidpietersite

Formula: 
Pb4(S2O3)O2(OH)2
Strunz: 
7.JA.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

Plumboselite

Formula: 
Pb3O2(SeO3)
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia