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Beidellite & Linarite

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Beidellite & Linarite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 2 × 1.8 cm
Description

White crystal aggregates of beidellite, a fairly common mineral worldwide, but very rare at Tsumeb, associated to blue linarite crystals.

Good contrast between both minerals. Both species have been analyzed, see copy of the analysis included.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Beidellite

Formula: 
(Na,Ca0.5)0.3Al2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.EC.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Beidell, Crystal Hill District, Saguache Co., Colorado, USA

Linarite

Formula: 
PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
7.BC.65
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Linares, Linares-La Carolina District, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Beidellite & Linarite

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