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Krieselite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.8 × 0.6 cm
Description

Many green rosettes of an undescribed new Ga-Ge end member of the chlorite group associated with minor white krieselite on germanite-renierite matrix. 

SEM-EDS no MA1610. Analysis in the analytical section. 

 

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