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Article: Tsumeb: A Unique Mineral Locality.(Review)
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- The Mineralogical Record
- Article date:
- May 1, 1999
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by Georg Gebhard. Published (1999) by GC Publishing, Grossenseifen. D-51545 Waldbrol, Germany. Hardcover, 22 x 48 cm, $159 postpaid. ISBN 3-925322-02-7.
There is little disagreement that the Tsumeb. Namibia, copper mine is what the Mineralogical Record Special Issue of 1976 (vol. 8, no. 3) called it: "the world's greatest mineral locality." By Georg Gebhard's authoritative count, Tsumeb has produced 242 known species, plus some 38 still-unknowns; 52 minerals were discovered here, and 40 still have no other known occurrences: Tsumeb dominates for world-class specimens of some dozen major species. Such a huge, complex and prolific deposit requires a literature for ...