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Feinglosite & Hydroxylpyromorphite

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Feinglosite & Hydroxylpyromorphite

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

Yellow-green feinglosite with hydroxylpyromorphite from the famous Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 

Comes with a colour printed analysis. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Hydroxylpyromorphite

Formula: 
Pb5(PO4)3(OH)
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Type Locality: 
Copps Mine, Marenisco, Gogebic iron range, Gogebic Co., Michigan, USA
Isostructural with: 
Pyromorphite