Mineral Species
Zharchikhite
Type Locality
No
Composition
Al(F,OH)3
Crystal System
Monoclinic
Status at Tsumeb
Believed valid
Abundance
Extremely rare
Distribution
Second oxidation zone (?)
Paragenesis
Supergene
Entry Number
Species; TSNB379
General Notes
Colourless prismatic crystals (to 3 mm), resembling gypsum, were identified as zharchikhite on a single specimen (Brandstätter et al. 2001). An image of a crystal of zharchikite resting on kegelite has been published by Von Bezing et al. (2016; page 636).
Associated Minerals
clinochlore; fraipontite; kaolinite; kegelite; mimetite; quartz; willemite
