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Hedyphane

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Hedyphane

EDS confirmed specimen
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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 1.3 × 1.1 cm
Description

Perfect terminated, white, hexagonal hedyphane crystals on a bed of pale green Calcio-Duftite crystals.

Very rich and good specimen of the rare mineral hedyphane.

EDS / SEM confirmed.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hedyphane

Formula: 
Pb3Ca2(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Hedyphane