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Corkite Chenevixite & Chalcocite

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Corkite Chenevixite & Chalcocite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm
Description

Bright red-brown crokite crystals on massive chalcocite with many small olive-green chenevixite crystals. Both, corkite as chenevixite are quite good for Tsumeb!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Corkite

Formula: 
PbFe3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Glandore Mine (Aghatubrid Mine; Glendore Mine), Glandore, Co. Cork, Ireland

Chenevixite

Formula: 
Cu2Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.DD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

Chalcocite

Formula: 
Cu2S
Strunz: 
2.BA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
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