connellite

TSNB92

Species

Title

connellite

Composition

Cu2+19Cl4(SO4)(OH)32·3H2O

Crystal System

Hexagonal

Status at Tsumeb

Believed valid

Abundance

Extremely rare

Distribution

First (?) and second oxidation zones.

Paragenesis

Supergene.

Type Locality

No

Entry Type

Species TSNB92

Connellite was first recognised at Tsumeb in the early 1980s and reported by Keller and Innes (1986), who considered it to be part of the "linarite paragenesis" (of Keller 1984). It occurs as light- to deep-blue spherical aggregates resembling cyanotrichite.

Connellite is readily confused with munakataite and both minerals are extremely rare. Munakataite may be distinguishable by its association with other selenium minerals, notably plumboselite (Flynn et al. 2016).

brochantite; devilline; hematite; langite; linarite; posnjakite; serpierite