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Pecoraite

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Pecoraite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 0.7 cm
Description

Yellowish green Zn-rich crystals of pecoraite from this famous locality. Eventhough pecoraite is a fairly common mineral worldwide, it is a very rare mineral at Tsumeb. Pecoraite is nickel silicate. Analyzed specimen, see copy enclosed.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pecoraite

Formula: 
Ni3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Wolfe Creek meteorite crater, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Pecoraite

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