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Damaraite & Asisite

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Damaraite & Asisite

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Description
Locality: 
Kombat Mine, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 1.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

Outstanding white / colorless crystals of the very rare Pb mineral damaraite associated to red asisite and black hausmannite from the famous Kombat mine in Namibia.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Damaraite

Formula: 
Pb3Cl(OH)O2
Strunz: 
3.DC.75
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kombat Mine (Klein Otavi; Asis), Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

Asisite

Formula: 
Pb7SiO9Cl2
Strunz: 
3.DB.40
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Kombat Mine (Klein Otavi; Asis), Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

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