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Clausthalite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

Grey metallic clausthalite on tennantite-Zn and quartz from the famous Tsumeb mine, Namibia. 

SEM-EDS no MA2027. 

Rare mineral. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clausthalite

Formula: 
PbSe
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
St Lorenz Mine, Burgstatt veins, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany