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Sénarmontite & Hydroxylpyromorphite

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Sénarmontite & Hydroxylpyromorphite

EDS confirmed no 843-846

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.2 × 1.5 cm
Description

SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed senarmontite from the famous Tsumeb mine associated with yellow-green feinglosite, hydroxylpyromorphite and the OH analogue of mimetite. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sénarmontite

Formula: 
Sb2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.50
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Djebel Hammimat Mine, Ain Babouche, Ain Beida, Constantine Province, Algeria

Hydroxylpyromorphite

Formula: 
Pb5(PO4)3(OH)
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Type Locality: 
Copps Mine, Marenisco, Gogebic iron range, Gogebic Co., Michigan, USA
Isostructural with: 
Pyromorphite
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Sénarmontite & Hydroxylpyromorphite
Analysis Report - only: Sénarmontite & Hydroxylpyromorphite
Analysis Report - only: Sénarmontite & Hydroxylpyromorphite
Analysis Report - only: Sénarmontite & Hydroxylpyromorphite
Analysis Report - only: Sénarmontite & Hydroxylpyromorphite