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Name
Namibite
Chemistry
CuBi2VO6
Uses
As mineral specimen
Color
Dark green
Hardness
4.5-5
Specific gravity
Crystals
Monoclinic
Accompanied by:
Fracture
Luster
Cleavage
Good
Streak
Translucent, dark green
Similar to:
Attakolite, Bertossaite, Carminite, Leningradite, Palermoite, Paganoite
Namibite derived its name from the country Namibia, where it was discovered in 1981.
Namibite is a rare mineral, mainly occurring in granitic pegmatite and polymetallic quartz vein settings.
Namibite is mainly associated with Bismuth minerals, like Native Beyerite, Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Bismutite, Bismite, Clinobisvanite, Eulytite, Pucherite, Schumacherite.
Location Khorixas, Damaraland District, Namibia.
