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Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia

Latitude: 19°13'S
Longitude: 17°42'E
The town adjacent to the famous Tsumeb mine.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Adamite
var: Cobaltoan Adamite
var: Cuprian Adamite
Agardite-(Ce)
Åkermanite
Alamosite
Albite
Algodonite
Almandine
Anatase
Andyrobertsite (TL)
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Antimony
Aragonite
var: Plumboan Aragonite
var: Zincian Aragonite
Arsenbrackebuschite (TL)
Arsendescloizite (TL)
Arseniosiderite
Arsenogoyazite
Arsenohopeite (TL)
Arsenopyrite
Arsentsumebite (TL)
Ashoverite
Atacamite
Aurichalcite
Austinite
Azurite
Baileychlore
Bartelkeite (TL)
Baryte
Bayldonite
Beaverite-(Cu)
β-Roselite
Betekhtinite
Betpakdalite-CaCa
Beudantite
Biehlite (TL)
Biotite
Bornite
Bournonite
Brianyoungite
Briartite
Brochantite
Brucite
Brunogeierite (TL)
Calcioandyrobertsite (TL)
Calcite
Caledonite
Calvertite (TL)
Carminite
Carnevallite
Carrollite
Celestine
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcophanite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chenevixite
Chrysocolla
Chudobaite (TL)
Cinnabar
Claudetite
Clinochlore
Clinoclase
Colusite
Conichalcite
Connellite
Copper
Corkite
Coronadite
Covellite
Cubanite
Cuprite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite

Davidlloydite (TL)
Descloizite
Devilline
Digenite
Dioptase
Djurleite
Dolomite
var: Cobaltoan Dolomite
var: Zincian Dolomite
Domeykite
Dufrénite
Duftite (TL)
var: Duftite-alpha
Dundasite
Ekatite (TL)
Elyite
Enargite
Epidote
Eugenite
Eyselite (TL)
Fahleite (TL)
Famatinite
Fayalite
Feinglosite (TL)
'Feldspar Group'
Ferberite
Ferrilotharmeyerite (TL)
Fleischerite (TL)
Fluorite
Fornacite
Fraipontite
Furutobeite
Gahnite
Gaitite (TL)
Galena
Gallite
Gallobeudantite (TL)
Gartrellite
Gebhardite (TL)
Gerdtremmelite (TL)
Germanite (TL)
Germanocolusite
Glaucodot
Goethite
Gold
Graphite
Gratonite
Greenockite
Gypsum
Hardystonite
Hedyphane
Helmutwinklerite (TL)
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hermannroseite (TL)
Heterogenite
Hidalgoite
Hörnesite
Hydrocerussite
Hydrozincite
Ianbruceite (TL)
Idaite ?
Ilmenite
Itoite (TL)
Jamesite (TL)
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Johillerite (TL)
Kaolinite
Kasolite
Kegelite (TL)
Keyite (TL)
'Kintoreite-Segnitite Series'
Kirschsteinite
Koritnigite (TL)
Köttigite
Krieselite (TL)
Lammerite
Langite
Larsenite
Lavendulan
var: Zinclavendulan
Lead
Leadhillite
Legrandite
Leightonite
Leiteite (TL)
Lepidocrocite
Linarite
Linnaeite
Litharge
Ludlockite (TL)
Lukrahnite (TL)
Luzonite
Macphersonite
Maghemite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Maikainite
Malachite
Marcasite
Massicot
Mathewrogersite (TL)
Mawbyite
Mawsonite
Mcconnellite
Melanotekite
'Melilite'
Metacinnabar
Metazeunerite
Microcline
Millerite
Mimetite
Minium
Minrecordite (TL)
Mixite
Molybdenite
Molybdofornacite (TL)
Monticellite
Montmorillonite
Mottramite
Muscovite
Nadorite
Namuwite
O'Danielite (TL)
Ojuelaite
Olivenite
var: Zincian Olivenite
'Olivine'
Orthoclase
Otavite (TL)
Otjisumeite (TL)
Ovamboite (TL)
Palygorskite
Paradamite
Parnauite
Patrónite ?
Perroudite
Pharmacosiderite
Philipsbornite
Philipsburgite
Phlogopite
Phosgenite
Plancheite
Plattnerite
Plumbogummite
var: Ga-rich plumbogummite

Plumbojarosite
Plumboselite (TL)
Plumbotsumite (TL)
Posnjakite
Powellite
Prosopite
Prosperite (TL)
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Rock Crystal
Queitite (TL)
Realgar
Reinerite (TL)
Renierite
Rhodochrosite
Roméite Group
var: Stibiconite

Rosasite
Roxbyite
Rutile
Schaurteite (TL)
Scheelite
Schneiderhöhnite (TL)
Schultenite (TL)
Scorodite
Segnitite
Seligmannite
Serpierite
Sewardite (TL)
Shattuckite
Siderite
var: Zincian Siderite
Sidpietersite (TL)
Silver
var: Amalgam
Smithsonite
var: Cobaltoan Smithsonite
var: Cuprian Smithsonite
Söhngeite (TL)
Spertiniite
Sphalerite
Spinel
Stannite
Stibioclaudetite (TL)
Stibnite
Stolzite
Stottite (TL)
Stranskiite (TL)
Stromeyerite
Sulphur
Sulvanite
Susannite
Talc
Talmessite
Tangeite
Tennantite
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite ?
Thaumasite
Thometzekite (TL)
Tilasite
Titanite
Tremolite
Tsumcorite (TL)
Tsumebite (TL)
Tsumgallite (TL)
Tungstenite
Umangite
'Unnamed (Pb-Feldspar)'
'Unnamed (Zn Arsenate)'
Vanadinite
Warikahnite (TL)
Wickmanite
Wilhelmkleinite (TL)
Willemite
Witherite
Wulfenite
var: Chillagite
Wurtzite
Wüstite
Zharchikhite
Zincgartrellite (TL)
Zincolivenite
Zincrosasite (TL)
Zincroselite (TL)
Zircon


320 entries listed. 286 valid minerals. 66 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other).

Localities in this Region

Namibia

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References

- Strunz, H. (1959): Tsumeb, seine Erze und Sekundärminerale, insbesondere der neu aufgeschlossenen zweiten Oxydations-Zone. Fortschr. Mineral., 37, 87-90. (in German)
- Keller, P. (1984). Tsumeb. Lapis, 9 (7/8), 13-64. (in German)
- Keller, P. & Innes, J. (1986): Neue Minerale von Tsumeb. Lapis, 11 (9), 28-32. (in German)
- Gebhard, G. and Schlüter, J. (1995). Tsumeb, Namibia: Interessante Neufunde und Neubestimmungen. Lapis, 20 (10), 24-32. (in German)
Gebhard, G. (1999) Tsumeb II. GG Publishing, Grossenseifen, Germany, 328p. (in English).


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