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Arsenbrackebuschite, Tsumcorite - Sold


Arsenbrackebuschite is a rare zinc lead arsenate mineral originally described from Tsumeb, Namibia (Abraham et al. 1978). The mineral has few world occurrences; most available material comes as micromounts from the Clara mine in Germany. Ojuela shocked the rare mineral collecting community in 2010 with the discovery of these rich specimens this examples showing bright orange crystals to 0.5 mm lining a 1.5 cm cavity with gemmy mimetite crystals. The bulk of the matrix is yellow green segnitite, also with a 2.3 cm pocket of tsumcorite crystals. More information on this material available at the RRUFF site. A rich example of a rare mineral.