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Tarnowitzite

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Tarnowitzite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 8.2 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

White, lustrous, crudely developed crystals of tarnowitzite (Pb-rich variety of aragonite) up to 1.5 cm in size on matrix from the classic locality Tsumeb in Namibia. A good piece for any tsumeb specialist and/or a collector of African minerals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tarnowitzite

Variety Of: 

Aragonite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz), Upper Silesia (Śląskie), Poland
Wendel Minerals

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