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Wilhelmkleinite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Wilhelmkleinite is an extremely rare mineral from Tsumeb, only known from this mine worldwide and labeled as RRR! in G.Gebhard Tsumeb II book (1999)(single specimen! ). The mine was closed in 1996, so new discoveries will not take place in the future.

The mineral is an Zn-Fe arsenate and occurs as a very small olive green single crystal. Analyzed by S.Mockel.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wilhelmkleinite

Formula: 
ZnFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BB.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

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