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Ludlockite

Ludlockite is a rare iron-lead arsenate characterized in 1972 for mineral dealers Frederick Ludlow Smith III and Charles Locke Key, who discovered the mineral. It occurs as stunning orange-red to orange-brown divergent tufts of hair-like, triclinic crystals. It was first found in 1968 on the 30th level of the Tsumeb mine in its deepest oxidation zone associated with zincian siderite in a cavity from the "germanite zone". The type locality is the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia, but it has subsequently found at the Veta Negra mine, Pampa Larga district, Copiapo Province, Atacama Region, Chile; and in slag from various localities in Greece and Italy.

You can buy these rare red, orange tufts of crystals online from The Arkenstone, www.iRocks.com to add fine mineral specimens to your collection.

Ludlockite
T1223
Ludlockite
$2,000.00
Thumbnail, 1.0 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
(3 more images)
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Ludlockite (TL) in Leitite (TL)
FLYNNTN-03
Ludlockite (TL) in Leitite (TL)
Thumbnail, 2.3 x 1.9 x 1.0 cm
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otikoto Region, Namibia
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Ludlockite (Type Locality) in Germanite ore
FlynnB-11
Ludlockite (Type Locality) in Germanite ore
Small Cabinet, 6.4 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
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Ludlockite
TSU17-33
Ludlockite
Thumbnail, 2.3 x 1.9 x 0.8 cm
3rd oxide zone, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
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Ludlockite and Leiteite
TUC16B-222
Ludlockite and Leiteite
Small Cabinet, 8.5 x 5.4 x 5.3 cm
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
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Ludlockite on Germanite
JWL14B-07
Ludlockite on Germanite
Thumbnail, 2.7 x 2.4 x 2.1 cm
Tsumeb Mine, Namibia
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Ludlockite (Type Locality)
JWL14A-19
Ludlockite (Type Locality)
Miniature, 3.5 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia (TL)
(4 more images)
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Ludlockite
MD-283509
Ludlockite
Miniature, 4.9 x 4.0 x 2.4 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
(2 more images)
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Ludlockite
MD-132365
Ludlockite
Thumbnail, 1.5 x 1.4 x 0.5 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
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Ludlockite
RWHIT-10
Ludlockite
Miniature, 3.9 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
(2 more images)
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Ludlockite
RUT316
Ludlockite
Thumbnail, 1.0 x 0.9 x 0.4 cm
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
(3 more images)
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