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Asisite & Hausmannite

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Asisite & Hausmannite

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Description
Locality: 
Kombat Mine, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Exceptional specimen of red gemmy asisite, a very rare Pb-Si-oxichloride mineral known from only one locality worldwide !. Associated minerals in the sample are black metallic hausmannite also in exceptional crystals (see photos) and native copper.
Asisite in well formed crystals is very rare. This material was originally labeled as chubutite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Asisite

Formula: 
Pb7SiO9Cl2
Strunz: 
3.DB.40
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Kombat Mine (Klein Otavi; Asis), Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

Hausmannite

Formula: 
Mn2+Mn3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.10
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Oehrenstock (Öhrenstock), Langewiesen, Ilmenau District, Thuringian Forest, Thuringia, Germany

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