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Argutite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.5 × 0.9 cm
Description

Yellow green argutite in germanite-chalcocite matrix from the famous Tsumeb mine, Namibia. SEM-EDS & XRD confirmed no ger7.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Argutite

Formula: 
GeO2
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Plan d'Argut deposit, Argut-Dessus, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France...