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Otavite

Rare Mineral - Type Locality
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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.8 × 0.8 cm
Description

A super piece of rare cadmium-carbonate otavite from the type locality. In this case the whole displayside of the specimen is regular covered with numerous of tiny crystals of otavite. Every appreciator of the locality will agree with me, that good otavite specimens from Tsumeb are exceeding rare and consequently sought after, because most of them are not analysed. But THIS SPECIMEN IS ANALYSED.

Mineral Data
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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