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Kombatite

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Description
Locality: 
Kombat Mine, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2 × 1.8 cm
Description

Sharp yellow crystals of the very rare mineral kombatite from the type locality . Kombatite in well formed crystals is extremely rare but this specimen has some of them. Kombatite is a lead vanadate chloride. Found in the dump of the mine in 2014.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kombatite

Formula: 
Pb14(VO4)2O9Cl4
Strunz: 
8.BO.20
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Kombat Mine (Klein Otavi; Asis), Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

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