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Arsentsumebite

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Arsentsumebite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.6 × 3 cm
Description

A arsentsumebite specimen from the famous Grosch collection.

Large malachite psm after azurite xls are sitting on a vuggy arsentsumebite matrix with arsentsumebite microcrystals.

Arsentsumebite has been XRD confirmed.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsentsumebite

Formula: 
Pb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BG.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia