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Leiteite

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Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.3 × 0.2 cm
Description

Single perfect white crystal of this classic mineral from Tsumeb, leiteite, a zinc arsenite, with Tsumeb as the type and only non-slag locality known worldwide.

Leiteite was labeled as R in Gebhard Tsumeb II book (rare, several occurrences with a few specimens).

Specimen from the level 44 from a 1982 find.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Leiteite

Formula: 
Zn(As2O4)
Strunz: 
4.JA.05
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

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