Mineral Species
Vaterite
Type Locality
No
Composition
CaCO3
Crystal System
Hexagonal
Status at Tsumeb
Believed valid
Abundance
Extremely rare
Distribution
Second oxidation zone
Paragenesis
Supergene
Entry Number
Species; TSNB363
General Notes
Vaterite has only been reported from Tsumeb on one occasion as an associated mineral on the type material for plumboselite. The specimen is believed to originate from the second oxidation zone "… in the vicinity of 30 Level" (Kampf et al. 2011).
Associated Minerals
clausthalite; mimetite; plumboselite; smithsonite
