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Gallite & Germanite

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Gallite & Germanite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm
Description

Silvery white crystalline aggregates of the very rare mineral gallite, associated to majoritary pinkish germanite.

Gallium mineral are extremely rare in Nature. From more than 5400 minerals known, only 7 are gallium minerals !!

Gallite has only been found in 5 localities worldwide, this one being from the type locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gallite

Formula: 
CuGaS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Colour: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Kipushi Mine (Prince Léopold Mine), Kipushi, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Germanite

Formula: 
Cu13Fe2Ge2S16
Strunz: 
2.CB.30
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

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