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Wulfenite On Tsumcorite On Tennantite On Dolomite

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Wulfenite On Tsumcorite On Tennantite On Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 4 × 2.7 cm
Description

All tsumeb fans will recognize this specimen from a classic pocket that yielded an attractive and rare combination of four minerals. A heavy tennantite matrix hosts numerous pyramidal tennantite coated completely with bright yellow tsumcorite on which a dozen or so amber colored wulfenite are attached- interestingly the wulfenite exist solely on the tennantite and nowhere else.

The lower extent of the specimen is covered with lustrous and well defined dolomite rhombs that too host some lustrous wulfenite and minor tsumcorite in isolated mineralized zones. This specimen is an attractive display piece with optimum placement of the four minerals for maximum visual effect.

The condition is superb with one fleabite and attachment contacts to report.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wulfenite

Formula: 
Pb(MoO4)
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria

Tsumcorite

Formula: 
Pb(Zn,Fe3+)2(AsO4)2·2(H2O,OH)
Strunz: 
8.CG.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

Tennantite

Formula: 
Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]As4S13
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Cornwall, England, UK

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

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