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Otavite

Rare Mineral

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Locality: 
Su Elzu, Ozieri, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Exceptional sample, with an incredible amount of milky, sharp romboedral crystals, spread on the matrix, not easily found so rich, personally found (1999) in the small dump, now removed, of  Su Elzu mine, in the past, they have come samples, almost certainly among the best in the world, of this rare cadmium carbonate.  

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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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