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Khorixasite

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Khorixasite

Type Locality
Rare Mineral

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Locality: 
Mesopotamia 504 Farm, Mesopotamia Copper Valley, Khorixas, Kunene Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 0.4 × 0.5 cm
Description

A very small but incredibly very rich sample of  khorixasite, the Bi analogue of mottramite, a very rare mineral, recent approved (2016). Many thin prismatic crystals of yellow-green color, protruding, wildly with plenty, from very small geodes scattered in the small sample. A nice and very rare mineral.  

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Khorixasite

Formula: 
(Bi0.670.33)Cu(VO4)(OH)
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Type Locality: 
Mesopotamia 504 Farm, Mesopotamia Copper Valley, Khorixas District, Kunene Region, Namibia
Isostructural with: 
Mottramite

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