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Skorpionite On Tarbuttite

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Skorpionite On Tarbuttite

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Description
Locality: 
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 6 × 4.8 cm
Weight: 
119.41gr
Description

The specimen is a fragment of matrix with an edge revealing exposed skorpionite elongate crystals on small bladed spears of tarbuttite. The skorpionite crystals are flat and elongate and display as small erratic sprays. The material is lustrous and clear. The tarbuttite bladed spears protrude upwards and are a light greenish colour. Not a common species from the mine which closed at the end of 2019.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Skorpionite

Formula: 
Ca3Zn2(PO4)2(CO3)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DO.45
Hardness: 
3.5 - 0.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Lüderitz District, Karas Region, Namibia

Tarbuttite

Formula: 
Zn2(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia

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