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Tarbuttite & Hemimorphite

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Tarbuttite & Hemimorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Nice example of the famous find not so long ago at the Skorpion Mine. Greenish-greyish crystallized Tarbuttite with whiteish alteration at the outer crystal zones which may be apatite. Apatite pseudomorphing Tarbuttite is quite common at Skorpion. On top some lustrous whiteish to clear but small hemimorphite crystals (visual ID). Don´t think there is Skorpionite but i won´t rule it out as i had a few small spots of it in the same lot.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tarbuttite

Formula: 
Zn2(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

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Best regards Roger