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Siderotil Beudantite & Plumbojarosite

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Siderotil Beudantite & Plumbojarosite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3 × 3 cm
Description

Beige SEM-EDS & SXRD confirmed siderotil with yellow beudantite on azurite from the famous Tsumeb mine. Comes with a colour printed analysis no 0122-1135.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Siderotil

Formula: 
FeSO4·5H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.20
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Idria Mine (Idrija Mine), Idrija (Idria), Slovenia

Beudantite

Formula: 
PbFe3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Louise Mine, Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Wied Iron Spar District, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Plumbojarosite

Formula: 
Pb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BC.10
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Cooks Peak District (Cooke's Peak District), Luna Co., New Mexico, USA...