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Fahleite

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Fahleite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.5 × 0.2 cm
Description

A green resinous sample of what is likely to be fahleite, from it's type locality at Tsumeb.   This is a fragment of a larger sample of mineral GS1, one fragment of which was determined to be fahleite.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fahleite

Formula: 
Zn5CaFe2(AsO4)6·14H2O
Strunz: 
8.CH.55
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

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