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Cuprian Adamite Tsumcorite & Wulfenite

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Cuprian Adamite Tsumcorite & Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.9 × 2.3 cm
Description

Nice combination of lustrous green adamite crystals between yellow tsumcorite crystals spread over the specimen with some minor wulfenite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprian Adamite

Variety Of: 

Adamite

Formula: 
Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Hardness: 
3.5
Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)2AsO4OH
Hardness: 
0.0

Tsumcorite

Formula: 
Pb(Zn,Fe3+)2(AsO4)2·2(H2O,OH)
Strunz: 
8.CG.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

Wulfenite

Formula: 
Pb(MoO4)
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria