Mineral Species
Libethenite
Type Locality
No
Composition
Cu2+2(PO4)(OH)
Crystal System
Orthorhombic
Status at Tsumeb
Believed valid
Abundance
Extremely rare
Distribution
Second (?) oxidation zone
Paragenesis
Supergene
Entry Number
Species; TSNB212
General Notes
Reported by Joy Désor in April 2020 on the basis of EDS and Raman analysis. (www.mindat.org/locentry-1357962.html; accessed April 2020). Désor described a minor paragenesis of phosphates occurring in cavities in chalcocite/germanite ore that includes apatite; corkite; galloplumbogummite; libethenite; pyromorphite and tsumebite. The associated minerals point to a probable second oxidation zone origin.
Associated Minerals
chalcocite; corkite; fluorapatite; galloplumbogummite; plumbogummite; pyromorphite; tsumebite
