Mineral Specimens with Stranskiite

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MD-118200 - Stranskiite, Leiteite - - Archived
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
thumbnail, 2.4 x 0.9 x 0.5 cm.
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Stranskiite, Leiteite from Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia [db_pics/mdpics/MD-118200a.jpg]

2.4 x 0.9 x 0.5 cm. An extremely fine DOUBLE RARITY thumbnail from Tsumeb. A cyan-blue crust of microcrystalline stranskiite is jauntily perched atop a translucent, pearlescent, silky leiteite. Stranskiite and leiteite are ULTRA RARE zinc arsenates and Tsumeb is the Type Locality for both species.


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