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Corkite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.8 × 0.8 cm
Description

Corkite, a Pb-Fe phosphate-sulphate, is not a rare mineral worldwide; by the contrary it is an extremely rare mineral at Tsumeb. Gebhard book Tsumeb II labels this species as RRR (Extremely rare, single occurrence with less than 10 specimens known).

Corkite occurs in this specimen as deep yellow microcrystals.

Analyzed specimen (see copy)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Corkite

Formula: 
PbFe3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Glandore Mine (Aghatubrid Mine; Glendore Mine), Glandore, Co. Cork, Ireland

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