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Leiteite

Leiteite is a very rare zinc arsenite. It occurs as monoclinic, colorless to pale brown, transparent crystals in parallel growth, and more commonly as cleavable masses in the deeper "germanite ores" at the type and only locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia. It is associated with chalcocite, tennantite, reinerite, schneiderhohnite, zincian stottite, zincroselite, tsumcorite, stranskiite, and smithsonite. Leiteite is named for Luis Antonio Bravo Teixeira-Leite of Pretoria, South Africa, who first discovered the mineral.

You can buy these rare clear to brownish commonly fibrous crystals online from The Arkenstone, www.iRocks.com to add fine mineral specimens to your collection.

Leiteite (type locality)
TSU20-72
Leiteite (type locality)
$7,500.00
Small Cabinet, 6.1 x 3.1 x 1.0 cm
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
(3 more images)
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Stibioclaudetite (Type Locality)
JWL16-02b
Stibioclaudetite (Type Locality)
Thumbnail, 1.7 x 1.2 x 0.5 cm
Zinc Pocket, 44th Level, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
(2 more images)
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Stibioclaudetite (Type Locality)
JWL16-02a
Stibioclaudetite (Type Locality)
Thumbnail, 1.7 x 0.4 x 0.2 cm
Zinc Pocket, 44th Level, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
(3 more images)
SOLD
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Stranskiite, Leiteite
MD-118200
Stranskiite, Leiteite
Thumbnail, 2.4 x 0.9 x 0.5 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
SOLD
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Ludlockite, Leiteite
MD-266990
Ludlockite, Leiteite
Small Cabinet, 5.2 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
(1 more images)
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Ludlockite, Leiteite, Stottite, Germanite
MD-170552
Ludlockite, Leiteite, Stottite, Germanite
Small Cabinet, 6.2 x 5.1 x 4.0 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
(2 more images)
SOLD
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Leiteite
MD-248019
Leiteite
Toenail, 3.0 x 2.4 x 1.2 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
SOLD
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Leiteite, Ludlockite
MD-181679
Leiteite, Ludlockite
Thumbnail, 1.9 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
SOLD
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Leiteite
MD-167089
Leiteite
Thumbnail, 1.5 x 0.8 x 0.3 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
SOLD
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Leiteite
ZR20
Leiteite
Small Cabinet, 7.7 x 1.0 x 0.4 cm
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
(1 more images)
SOLD
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Ludlockite In Leiteite
RARE08-2-77
Ludlockite In Leiteite
Thumbnail, 2.8 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia (Type Locality)
(2 more images)
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