Mineral Species
philipsburgite
Type Locality
No
Composition
(Cu2+,Zn)6(AsO4)2(OH)6·H2O
Crystal System
Monoclinic
Status at Tsumeb
Believed valid
Abundance
Extremely rare
Distribution
First oxidation zone
Paragenesis
Supergene
Entry Number
Species; TSNB275
General Notes
Philipsburgite was identified from Tsumeb on two old, first oxidation zone specimens by Krahn (2010). On one of these, minute (250 µm) sub-spherical aggregates of philipsburgite rest on 'chrysocolla', apparently pseudomorphous after rosasite; on the other, the philipsburgite is associated with quartz and hemimorphite.
