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Smithsonite Cerussite & Fraipontite

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Smithsonite Cerussite & Fraipontite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.2 × 3.2 cm
Description

Very fine smithsonite with waterclear and brilliant cerussite and probably fraipontite, could be kegelite too, it have to be analized. But more often it is faipontite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Cerussite

Formula: 
PbCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy

Fraipontite

Formula: 
(Zn,Al)3((Si,Al)2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Vieille Montagne (Altenberg; Kelmisberg), Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne District (Plombières-Altenberg), Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium
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