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Sidpietersite & Spertiniite

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Sidpietersite & Spertiniite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

White tabular rounded sidpietersite with bright blue spertiniite on tennantite-Zn. 

SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed specimen no MA1613. 

 

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

Spertiniite

Formula: 
Cu(OH)2
Strunz: 
4.FD.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Jeffrey Mine ("Johns-Manville Mine"), Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada...