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Tsumgallite & Gallite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

Beige microcrystals of the extremely rare gallium mineral tsumgallite associated to minoritary gallite (photos 6 and 7).

Tsumgallite is only found at Tsumeb worldwide !

Gallium minerals are extremely rare in Nature since only 8 from more than 5400 mineral species known are gallium minerals

1972 Find. Ex-Ilse Baer 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tsumgallite

Formula: 
GaO(OH)
Strunz: 
4.FD.10
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

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)

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