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Schneiderhöhnite & Karibibite

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Schneiderhöhnite & Karibibite

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Description
Locality: 
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 4.5 cm
Description

a large vug in lollingite hosts several groups of lustrous, black, large schneiderhonite crystals with orange tufts of karibibite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schneiderhöhnite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+3[As5O13]
Strunz: 
4.JA.35
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

Karibibite

Formula: 
Fe2As4O9
Strunz: 
4.JA.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia