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Otavite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Su Elzu, Ozieri, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.7 × 0.4 cm
Description

Sharp white crystals of the cadmium mineral otavite from this Italian locality.

Cadmium minerals are extremely rare in Nature, since only 27 from more than 5300 known species are cadmium minerals !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Otavite

Formula: 
CdCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

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