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Tsumebite

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Tsumebit
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Tsumebit
Bildbreite: 1 mm; Fundort: Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Copyright: Christian Rewitzer; Contribution: Hg
Location: Namibia/Oshikoto (Otjikoto), Region/Tsumeb/Tsumeb Mine
Mineral: Tsumebite
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Tsumebit

Bildbreite: 1 mm; Fundort: Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Copyright: Christian Rewitzer
Contribution: Hg 2012-02-07
Locality: Tsumeb Mine / Tsumeb / Oshikoto (Otjikoto), Region / Namibia
Tsumebit
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Tsumebit
Bildbreite: 2 mm; Fundort: Grube Clara, Wolfach, Schwarzwald
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried; Contribution: Hg
Location: Deutschland/Baden-Württemberg/Freiburg, Bezirk/Ortenaukreis/Oberwolfach/Grube Clara
Mineral: Tsumebite
Image: 1178813288
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Tsumebit

Bildbreite: 2 mm; Fundort: Grube Clara, Wolfach, Schwarzwald
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried
Contribution: Hg 2007-05-10
Locality: Grube Clara / Oberwolfach / Ortenaukreis / Freiburg, Bezirk / Baden-Württemberg / Deutschland
Tsumebit
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Tsumebit
Bildbreite: 1,5 mm; Fundort: Blue Bell Claims, San Bernardino Co., Kalifornien, USA
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried; Contribution: Hg
Location: USA/Kalifornien (California)/San Bernardino County/Baker/Blue Bell Mine (Blue Bell Claims; Hard Luck Claims)
Mineral: Tsumebite
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Tsumebit

Bildbreite: 1,5 mm; Fundort: Blue Bell Claims, San Bernardino Co., Kalifornien, USA
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried
Contribution: Hg 2014-08-14
Locality: Blue Bell Mine (Blue Bell Claims; Hard Luck Claims) / Baker / San Bernardino County / Kalifornien (California) / USA
Tsumebit
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Tsumebit
FO: Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Bergland, Namibia; BB: 2mm
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer; Contribution: Münchener Micromounter
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter, Collection number: A011017, Donator: Manfred Seitz
Location: Namibia/Oshikoto (Otjikoto), Region/Tsumeb/Tsumeb Mine
Mineral: Tsumebite
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Tsumebit (SNr: A011017)

FO: Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Bergland, Namibia; BB: 2mm
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2008-03-09
Locality: Tsumeb Mine / Tsumeb / Oshikoto (Otjikoto), Region / Namibia
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Tsumebit
Fundort: Blue Bell Claims, San Bernardino Co., Kalifornien, USA
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky; Contribution: thdun5
Location: USA/Kalifornien (California)/San Bernardino County/Baker/Blue Bell Mine (Blue Bell Claims; Hard Luck Claims)
Mineral: Tsumebite
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Tsumebit

Fundort: Blue Bell Claims, San Bernardino Co., Kalifornien, USA
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
Contribution: thdun5 2011-04-21
Locality: Blue Bell Mine (Blue Bell Claims; Hard Luck Claims) / Baker / San Bernardino County / Kalifornien (California) / USA

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Collectors Summary

Color smaragdgrün
Streak color grün
Hardness (Mohs) 3.5
Solubility +++ Säuren
Crystal System monoklin, P21/m

Chemism

Chemical formula

Pb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)

Chemical composition

Blei, Kupfer, Phosphor, Sauerstoff, Schwefel, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 686.0083782 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 15

Info

Empirical formula:

Pb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

0.15

1

6.67

1.0079470

1.0079470
Oxygen

O

20.99

9

60.00

15.9994300

143.9948700
Phosphorus

P

4.52

1

6.67

30.9737612

30.9737612
Sulfur

S

4.67

1

6.67

32.0655000

32.0655000
Copper

Cu

9.26

1

6.67

63.5463000

63.5463000
Lead

Pb

60.41

2

13.33

207.2100000

414.4200000

Analysis wt%

CuO : 11.60, PbO : 65.08, P2O5 : 10.35, SO3 : 11.67, H2O : 1.31 (Ref: berechnet)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

8.BG.05

8: Phosphate, Arsenate, Vanadate
B: Phosphate, etc., mit weitere Anionen, ohne H2O
G: Mit mittelgroßen und großen [Kationen] (OH, etc.):RO4 = 0.5:1
05:Brackebuschit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VII/B.24-050

VII: PHOSPHATE, ARSENATE UND VANADATE ("Phosphate" des Registers immer einschließlich isotyper Arsenate und Vanadate!)
B: Wasserfreie Phosphate, mit fremden Anionen F,Cl,O,OH
24: Mittelgroße und große Kationen: Mg-Cu-Zn und Ca-Na-K-Ba-Pb; Brackebuschit- Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

8.BL.700

8: PHOSPHATES ARSENATES VANADATES
B: Phosphates (+Anions -Water)
L: Phosphates, very large: 2, Vmed: 2
7: With other complex Anions: Sulfate

Dana 8th edition

43.04.02.01

43: Compound Phosphates, etc.
04: Compound Phosphates, etc. (Anhydrous Compound Anions With Hydroxyl or Halogen)
02: Tsumebite Group

IMA status

Erstbeschreibung vor CNMNC-Gründung (1959), als Mineral meist anerkannt

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Brackebuschite supergroup  ⇒ Brackebuschite group

Optical Properties

Color

smaragdgrün

Streak color

grün

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent

max. Birefringence

0.071
Birefringence chart\! Tsumebite title=Birefringence chart Tsumebite

Michel-Levy Color Chart viewed according to the maximum birefringence (at 30μm). Mineral color is not taken into account. Click on the image to enlarge or change thickness.

RI value α / ω / n

1.885

RI value β

1.920

RI value γ / ε

1.956

Ri mean

1.920

2V angle

Biaxial (+) 90°~

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

11

Space Group

P21/m

Cell parameters a (Å)

8.70

Cell parameters b (Å)

5.80

Cell parameters c (Å)

7.85

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1.500

Cell parameters c/b

1.353

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

111.50

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

2

Volume (ų)

368.549

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

4.71(100),
3.23(100),
2.90(100),
2.72(90),
2.25(90),
2.02(70),
1.84(70),
1.78(70)
XRD chart Tsumebite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

3.5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

130 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

6.133 (gemessen)

6.181 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ Säuren

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Namibia/Oshikoto (Otjikoto), Region/Tsumeb/Tsumeb Mine

Type material

Mineralogisches Museum der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität

Paragenesis of type material

Azurite, Dolomit, Smithsonit, Cerussit

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Busz, 1912

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 4 (2000), 603

IMA group assignments

 
Brackebuschite supergroup
 
 
 

 
 
Brackebuschite group
M2+2M3+(TO4)2(OH)
 
 

 
 
 
Arsenbrackebuschite
Pb2(Fe3+,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)
monoklin
P21/m

 
 
 
Arsentsumebite
Pb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)OH
monoklin
P21/m

 
 
 
Bearthite
Ca2Al(PO4)2(OH)
monoklin
P21/m

 
 
 
Brackebuschite
Pb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH)
monoklin
P21/m

 
 
 
Calderónite
Pb2Fe3+[OH|(VO4)2]
monoklin
P21/m

 
 
 
Canosioite
Ba2Fe3+(AsO4)2(OH)
monoklin
P21/m

 
 
 
Feinglosite
Pb2Zn(AsO4)2·H2O
monoklin
P21, P21/m

 
 
 
Ferribushmakinite
Pb2Fe3+(PO4)(VO4)(OH)
monoklin
P21/m

 
 
 
Gamagarite
Ba2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)
monoklin
P21/m

 
 
 
Goedkenite
(Sr,Ca)2Al(PO4)2(OH)
monoklin
P21/m

 
 
 
Grandaite
Sr2Al(AsO4)2(OH)
monoklin
P21/m

 
 
 
Heyite
Pb5Fe22+(VO4)2O4
monoklin
P21/m

 
 
 
Lombardoite
Ba2Mn3+(AsO4)2(OH)
monoklin
P21/m

 
 
 
Tokyoite
Ba2Mn(VO4)2(OH)
monoklin
P21/m

 
 
 
Tsumebite
Pb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)
monoklin
P21/m

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French

Tsumebite

Alternative Name

Preslite

Simplified Chinese

绿磷铅铜矿

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Tsu

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IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) JvOOdnmBG0OAuTIouPwBUA
GUID (Global unique identifier) 768EF326-8179-431B-80B9-3228B8FC0150
Database ID 3929