[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"minerals:one:2370":3},{"id":4,"longid":5,"guid":6,"name":7,"shortcode_ima":8,"entrytype":9,"entrytype_text":10,"varietyof":11,"synid":11,"polytypeof":11,"groupid":11,"weighting":12,"nolocadd":13,"blacklisted":13,"mindat_formula":14,"mindat_formula_note":11,"ima_formula":15,"elements":16,"sigelements":20,"key_elements":21,"impurities":11,"cim":22,"ima_status":23,"ima_notes":11,"ima_history":11,"approval_year":11,"publication_year":25,"discovery_year":26,"strunz10ed1":27,"strunz10ed2":28,"strunz10ed3":29,"strunz10ed4":30,"dana8ed1":31,"dana8ed2":32,"dana8ed3":33,"dana8ed4":32,"csystem":34,"cclass":35,"spacegroup":36,"spacegroupset":37,"a":38,"b":39,"c":40,"alpha":41,"beta":42,"gamma":41,"aerror":43,"berror":43,"cerror":35,"alphaerror":11,"betaerror":44,"gammaerror":11,"va3":11,"z":45,"csmetamict":13,"commentcrystal":11,"twinning":11,"tranglide":11,"parting":11,"epitaxidescription":11,"morphology":46,"tlform":47,"hmin":48,"hmax":49,"hardtype":11,"vhnmin":41,"vhnmax":41,"vhnerror":11,"vhng":11,"vhns":11,"commenthard":11,"dmeas":50,"dmeas2":50,"dcalc":51,"dmeaserror":43,"dcalcerror":11,"commentdense":52,"lustre":11,"lustretype":53,"commentluster":11,"diapheny":54,"streak":55,"colour":56,"commentcolor":11,"colors":57,"streak_colors":61,"luminescence":11,"uv":62,"cleavage":63,"cleavagetype":64,"fracturetype":11,"tenacity":65,"commentbreak":66,"opticaltype":67,"opticalsign":68,"opticalalpha":69,"opticalalpha2":41,"opticalalphaerror":11,"opticalbeta":70,"opticalbeta2":41,"opticalbetaerror":11,"opticalgamma":71,"opticalgamma2":41,"opticalgammaerror":11,"opticalomega":41,"opticalomega2":41,"opticalomegaerror":11,"opticalepsilon":41,"opticalepsilon2":41,"opticalepsilonerror":11,"opticaln":41,"opticaln2":41,"opticalnerror":11,"optical2vcalc":72,"optical2vcalc2":41,"optical2vcalcerror":11,"optical2vmeasured":73,"optical2vmeasured2":41,"optical2vmeasurederror":11,"rimin":74,"rimax":75,"opticaldispersion":76,"opticalpleochroism":11,"opticalpleochorismdesc":11,"opticalbirefringence":11,"opticalcomments":77,"opticalcolour":11,"opticalinternal":11,"opticaltropic":11,"opticalanisotropism":11,"opticalbireflectance":11,"opticalextinction":11,"opticalr":11,"specdispm":11,"ir":11,"electrical":11,"magnetism":11,"thermalbehaviour":11,"other":11,"industrial":11,"occurrence":11,"otheroccurrence":11,"type_specimen_store":78,"description_short":11,"aboutname":79,"rock_parent":11,"rock_parent2":11,"rock_root":9,"rock_bgs_code":11,"meteoritical_code":11,"updttime":80,"reviewed_at":11,"variety_of":11,"varieties":81,"group_members":82,"associates":83,"confused_with":84,"type_localities":85,"occurrence_total":44,"citations":92,"images":122,"structures":219,"synonyms":226,"language_names":229,"wikidata_qid":249,"texts":250},2370,"1:1:2370:8","ef68ce88-25ac-46f7-80d7-c93d7e3df653","Leiteite","Lt",0,"mineral",null,670,false,"Zn(As\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)","ZnAs\u003Csup>3+\u003C\u002Fsup>\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>",[17,18,19],"As","Zn","O",[17,18,19],[17,18],"23.3",[24],"APPROVED",1977,"1977","4","J","A","05","45","1","7","Monoclinic",5,14,"P1 21\u002Fc 1 ","4.542","5.022","17.597","0","90.81",1,3,4,"No crystal forms","Cleavable masses to 7 cm.",1.5,2,"4.3","4.61","Measured value low due to air trapped between cleavage surfaces.","Pearly","Transparent","White","Colorless to brown",[58,59,60],"colorless","brown","white",[60],"Not fluorescent","{100}","Perfect","flexible","Flexible and inelastic, somewhat sectile","Biaxial","+","1.87","1.88","1.98","38","26",1.87,1.98,"relatively strong","X ∧ a = +11°; Z ∧ c = +10°; Y = b.","Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, number BM 1976,432.\r\nNational Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution), Washington, D.C., USA, number 137105.\r\nRoyal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, number M34727.","Named for Luis Antonio Bravo Teixeira-Leite (1942–1999), Portuguese-South African amateur mineralogist of Pretoria, South Africa, who noted the first specimen. Pronounced 'lāˈ-tīt'. Look for more details here: http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Farticle.php\u002F1606\u002FHomage+to+a+friend","2025-08-11 12:14:21",[],[],[],[],[86],{"id":87,"txt":88,"latitude":89,"longitude":90,"country":91},2428,"Tsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia",-19.2270412,17.7276421,"Namibia",[93,98,101,104,108,112,117],{"id":94,"year":95,"html":96,"doi":97},1174697,1906,"Avery, S. (1906) The constitution of Paris green and its homologues. \u003Ci>Journal Of The American Chemical Society\u003C\u002Fi>,  28 (9). 1155-1164 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1021\u002Fja01975a005'>doi:10.1021\u002Fja01975a005\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1021\u002Fja01975a005",{"id":99,"year":25,"html":100,"doi":11},526969,"Fleischer, Michael, Cabri, Louis J., Pabst, and Adolf (1977) New mineral names. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  62 (11-12) 1259-1262 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM62\u002FAM62_1259.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":102,"year":25,"html":103,"doi":11},12907124,"Erd, Richard C., Cesbron, Fabien P., Vachey, Helene, Czamanske, Gerald K. (1977) Leiteite: a New Mineral from Tsumeb. \u003Ci>The Mineralogical Record\u003C\u002Fi>, 8 (3) 95-97 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fuploads\u002FMR8_95.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":105,"year":106,"html":107,"doi":11},528292,1987,"Ghose, Subrata, Gupta, P. K Sen, Schlemper, E. O. (1987) Leiteite, ZnAs2O4: A novel type of tetrahedral layer structure with arsenite chains. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  72 (5-6) 629-632 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM72\u002FAM72_629.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":109,"year":110,"html":111,"doi":11},16965552,2005,"(2005) Leiteite. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fleiteite.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":113,"year":114,"html":115,"doi":116},16121701,2009,"Frost, Ray L., Bahfenne, Silmarilly (2009) Raman spectroscopic study of the arsenite minerals leiteite ZnAs\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>, reinerite Zn\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>(AsO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub> and cafarsite Ca\u003Csub>5\u003C\u002Fsub>(Ti,Fe,Mn)\u003Csub>7\u003C\u002Fsub>(AsO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>12\u003C\u002Fsub>·4H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O. \u003Ci>Journal of Raman Spectroscopy\u003C\u002Fi>,  41 (3). 325-328 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1002\u002Fjrs.2325'>doi:10.1002\u002Fjrs.2325\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1002\u002Fjrs.2325",{"id":118,"year":119,"html":120,"doi":121},2432383,2011,"Bahfenne, Silmarilly, Rintoul, Llew, Frost, Ray L. (2011) Single-crystal Raman spectroscopy of natural leiteite (ZnAs\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>) and comparison with the synthesised mineral. \u003Ci>Journal of Raman Spectroscopy\u003C\u002Fi>,  42 (4) 659-666 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1002\u002Fjrs.2751'>doi:10.1002\u002Fjrs.2751\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1002\u002Fjrs.2751",[123,133,140,148,156,162,169,176,184,191,199,206,212],{"id":124,"source_url":125,"license_code":126,"credit_html":127,"title":128,"description":129,"author":130,"original_width":131,"original_height":132},14319,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10148910","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10148910\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leiteite-167089.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeiteite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leiteite\">Leiteite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTsumeb\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tsumeb\">Tsumeb\u003C\u002Fa>, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2428.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 1.5 x 0.8 x 0.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Leiteite is an ULTRA RARE zinc arsenate and Holy Grail rare species for the famous and now-closed Tsumeb Mine, which is the Type Locality. This showy, highly lustrous, pearlescent thumbnail features a foliated mass characteristic to this rare species. Highly representative and desirable for the species and locality.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",313,600,{"id":134,"source_url":135,"license_code":126,"credit_html":136,"title":137,"description":138,"author":130,"original_width":139,"original_height":132},14322,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10166740","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10166740\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leiteite-248019.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeiteite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leiteite\">Leiteite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTsumeb\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tsumeb\">Tsumeb\u003C\u002Fa>, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2428.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.0 x 2.4 x 1.2 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Leiteite is a very rare zinc arsenate mineral species named in 1977 from a single aberrant specimen found at Tsumeb, and then found sparsely in a few more pockets in the so-called germanium levels of the final and deepest part of the mine. In all the previous years at Tsumeb, none had been found until the miners went down to a third oxidation zone and encountered a bizarrely germanium-rich zone from which new species came in profusion. Ludlockite and leiteite among the most well known. Most of the examples of these species are fibrous. This specimen, however, shows robust crystal faces, and real crystal form. It is also extremely translucent and attractive, whereas most leiteite is opaque, fibrous, and looks more like white asbestos than a mineral specimen. This is a superb example of the species and an important specimen of good size for a leiteite crystal. Ex. Eric Asselborn Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",541,{"id":141,"source_url":142,"license_code":126,"credit_html":143,"title":144,"description":145,"author":130,"original_width":146,"original_height":147},14325,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10400363","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10400363\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leiteite-zr20a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeiteite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leiteite\">Leiteite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTsumeb\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tsumeb\">Tsumeb\u003C\u002Fa>, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2428.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 7.7 x 1 x .4 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Leiteite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>An elongate specimen of fibrous leiteite, unusual in that both ends seem to be terminated (insofar as this style of mineral terminates, that is). It is an unusually large and showy specimen, without breaking the bank to add to a good Tsumeb suite! These were found towards the end, on the \"germanium levels\" deep in the mine. 7.7 x 1 x .4 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",800,187,{"id":149,"source_url":150,"license_code":126,"credit_html":151,"title":152,"description":153,"author":130,"original_width":154,"original_height":155},64248,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460965","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460965\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leiteite-rare08-2-77c.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeiteite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leiteite\">Leiteite\u003C\u002Fa>, Ludlockite\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTsumeb\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tsumeb\">Tsumeb\u003C\u002Fa>, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2428.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: thumbnail, 2.8 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Ludlockite in Leiteite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>I have simply never seen another piece like this. It is clearly Leiteite in form, and yet it has a bright umber-red color to it! The cause is due to minute dispersed inclusions of Ludlockite. The piece is unique and stunning, as you can see. (TYPE LOCALITY for BOTH SPECIES)\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",318,400,{"id":157,"source_url":158,"license_code":126,"credit_html":159,"title":160,"description":153,"author":130,"original_width":161,"original_height":146},64249,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460967","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460967\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leiteite-rare08-2-77a.jpg",562,{"id":163,"source_url":164,"license_code":126,"credit_html":165,"title":166,"description":167,"author":130,"original_width":168,"original_height":146},64250,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460969","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460969\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leiteite-rare08-2-77b.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeiteite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leiteite\">Leiteite\u003C\u002Fa>,  \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLudlockite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Ludlockite\">en:Ludlockite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTsumeb\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tsumeb\">Tsumeb\u003C\u002Fa>, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2428.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: thumbnail, 2.8 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Ludlockite in Leiteite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>I have simply never seen another piece like this. It is clearly Leiteite in form, and yet it has a bright umber-red color to it! The cause is due to minute dispersed inclusions of Ludlockite. The piece is unique and stunning, as you can see. (TYPE LOCALITY for BOTH SPECIES)\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",509,{"id":170,"source_url":171,"license_code":126,"credit_html":172,"title":173,"description":174,"author":130,"original_width":175,"original_height":155},14318,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10139075","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10139075\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Stranskiite-Leiteite-118200.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FStranskiite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Stranskiite\">Stranskiite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeiteite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leiteite\">Leiteite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTsumeb\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tsumeb\">Tsumeb\u003C\u002Fa>, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2428.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 2.4 x 0.9 x 0.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>An extremely fine DOUBLE RARITY thumbnail from Tsumeb. A cyan-blue crust of microcrystalline stranskiite is jauntily perched atop a translucent, pearlescent, silky leiteite. Stranskiite and leiteite are ULTRA RARE zinc arsenates and Tsumeb is the Type Locality for both species.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",211,{"id":177,"source_url":178,"license_code":126,"credit_html":179,"title":180,"description":181,"author":130,"original_width":182,"original_height":183},14320,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10149749","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10149749\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Ludlockite-Leiteite-Stottite-170554.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLudlockite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Ludlockite\">Ludlockite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeiteite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leiteite\">Leiteite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FStottite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Stottite\">Stottite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGermanite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Germanite\">Germanite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTsumeb\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tsumeb\">Tsumeb\u003C\u002Fa>, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2428.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.2 x 5.1 x 4.0 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>An EXCELLENT Tsumeb specimen consisting ENTIRELY of ULTRA-RARE, Holy Grail mineral species. Bright orange sprays to 7 mm of felt-like, acicular ludlockite needles are nicely scattered on a matrix of SOLID germanite ore. A centrally located, 1.3 cm vug hosts a 2.5 mm leiteite (the tall prismatic crystal with gem tip, slightly included with red ludlockite) and a gemmy, sharp, brown, tetragonal pseudo-octahedral, approximately 2mm stottite crystal (not x-rayed but confirmed visually by Drs. Bill Pinch and Terry Seward among others). Tsumeb is the Type Locality for ALL 4 species and stottite, an iron germanium hydroxide, is known ONLY from Tsumeb. An outstanding Tsumeb combination piece of ultra-rare species from the Rob Smith Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",408,343,{"id":185,"source_url":186,"license_code":126,"credit_html":187,"title":188,"description":181,"author":130,"original_width":189,"original_height":190},22989,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10149747","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10149747\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Ludlockite-Leiteite-Stottite-170552.jpg",573,544,{"id":192,"source_url":193,"license_code":126,"credit_html":194,"title":195,"description":196,"author":130,"original_width":197,"original_height":198},14321,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10153575","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10153575\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leiteite-Ludlockite-181679.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeiteite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leiteite\">Leiteite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLudlockite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Ludlockite\">Ludlockite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTsumeb\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tsumeb\">Tsumeb\u003C\u002Fa>, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2428.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 1.9 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This is a fine combination thumbnail features a pearlescent, translucent leiteite plate on top of a mass of hair-like, burnt-orange ludlockite needles.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",430,314,{"id":200,"source_url":201,"license_code":126,"credit_html":202,"title":203,"description":204,"author":130,"original_width":132,"original_height":205},14323,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10170428","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10170428\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Ludlockite-Leiteite-266990.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLudlockite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Ludlockite\">Ludlockite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeiteite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leiteite\">Leiteite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTsumeb\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tsumeb\">Tsumeb\u003C\u002Fa>, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2428.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 5.2 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Ludlockite and leiteite are two of the very rare and highly desirable species for which the Tsumeb Mine is the Type Locality. To get both in a fine specimen on rich germanite ore is a triple bonus. Bright, burnt orange ludlockite hairs are richly scattered on highly lustrous, colorless plates of leiteite. This combination was found but rarely in the final days of Tsumeb. Ex. Rob Smith Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",449,{"id":207,"source_url":208,"license_code":126,"credit_html":209,"title":210,"description":204,"author":130,"original_width":155,"original_height":211},64247,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10170429","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10170429\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Ludlockite-Leiteite-266991.jpg",361,{"id":213,"source_url":214,"license_code":126,"credit_html":215,"title":216,"description":181,"author":130,"original_width":217,"original_height":218},22990,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10149748","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10149748\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Ludlockite-Leiteite-Stottite-170553.jpg",378,280,[220],{"id":221,"url":222,"label":223,"formula":224,"spacegroup":225,"year":106},7580,"\u002Fcif\u002F7580.cif","Ghose 1987","As2 Zn O4","P 1 21\u002Fc 1",[227,228],"IMA1976-026","Leiteiet",[230,234,238,242,246],{"lang":231,"names":232},"ca",[233],"leiteïta",{"lang":235,"names":236},"de",[237],"Leiteit",{"lang":239,"names":240},"eu",[241],"Leiteita",{"lang":243,"names":244},"fr",[245],"leiteite",{"lang":247,"names":248},"it",[7],"Q3830040",{"history":11,"applications":11}]