Mineral Species
Seligmannite
Type Locality
No
Composition
PbCuAsS3
Crystal System
Orthorhombic
Status at Tsumeb
Questionable
Entry Number
Species; TSNB314
General Notes
Bartelke (1976; citing unpublished TCL reports from 1973) noted that seligmannite was identified from its optical properties as microscopic inclusions in copper sulphides.
Lombaard et al. (1986) included seligmannite as "very rare" in their list of Tsumeb minerals.
Hughes (1987), however, cautioned that seligmannite was originally identified under the ore microscope but never confirmed by analysis.
Questionable status is retained for seligmannite pending modern confirmation.