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Biehlite

Clive Quiet
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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.65 × 0.5 × 0.2 cm
Description

An excellent specimen of Biehlite from it's type and only locality at Tsumeb.   This specimen consists of a mass of fibrous crystals, free of matrix.   Biehlite is a rare oxide of molybdenum and antimony which was found as a single football size mass.   Unusual material from Clive Quiet.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Biehlite

Formula: 
((Sb,As)O)2[MoO4]
Strunz: 
4.DB.60
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

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