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Kutnohorite

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Kutnohorite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.9 × 0.9 cm
Description

White and  colorless crystals of kutnahorite, a common mineral that it is very rare at Tsumeb. Analyzed specimen, see copy of the analysis enclosed. Associated minerals in the sample are cuprite and a yellowish fibrous unknown mineral (photo 5).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kutnohorite

Formula: 
Ca(Mn,Mg,Fe)(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Poličany, Kutná Hora (Kuttenberg), Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Kutnohorite

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