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Leiteite

Rare Mineral - Type Locality
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 1 × 0.8 cm
Description

This superfine specimen features a bunch of sheet-shaped crystals of white Leiteite on minor matrix of the same species. Leiteite is an ultra rare zinc arsenate and Holy Grail rare species for the famous and now-closed Tsumeb Mine, which is the Type Locality. This showy, highly lustrous, pearlescent mini features a foliated mass characteristic to this rare species. Highly representative and desirable for the species and locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Leiteite

Formula: 
Zn(As2O4)
Strunz: 
4.JA.05
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
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