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Calcite With Mottramite

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Calcite With Mottramite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 4.5 × 1.4 cm
Weight: 
34.00gr
Description

Aerial transparent rhombohedral crystals of calcite richly covering a matrix crust that is rich in green mottramite-duftite.

Acquired in 1986. Ex Dr. Bob Janssens specimen #737.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Mottramite

Formula: 
PbCu(VO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire, England, UK

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