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Austinite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.3 × 2.8 cm
Description

Yellow SEM-EDS & XRD confirmed austinite with calcite from the famous Tsumeb mine, Namibia on matrix. 

 

Analysis no 01-18-fb80b. Specimen comes with a printed copy of the analysis. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Austinite

Formula: 
CaZn(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Austinite
Analysis Report - only: Austinite
Analysis Report - only: Austinite
Analysis Report - only: Austinite
Analysis Report - only: Austinite