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Otavite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Su Elzu, Ozieri, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

 A rich sample with a lot of crystals of rare otavite spread on more point. The milky, rhombohedral, crystals are perfect in shape and luster. The Su Elzu mine is one of the places that has probably given almost the most beautiful worldwide samples and that unfortunately is not accessible now.  Very good sample.

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What's on the rock

Otavite

Formula: 
CdCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

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