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Yvonite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.3 × 0.9 cm
Description

Blue yvonite on chalcocite from the famous Tsumeb mine, Namibia. 

SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed no ge4. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Yvonite

Formula: 
Cu(HAsO4)·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CB.25
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Salsigne mine, Salsigne, Mas-Cabardès, Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France