otavite
Sign in to saveOtavite is a rare cadmium carbonate mineral with the formula CdCO3. Otavite crystallizes in the trigonal system and forms encrustations and small scalenohedral crystals that have a pearly to adamantine luster. The color is white to reddish to yellow brown. Its Mohs hardness is 3.5 to 4 and the specific gravity is 5.04. Associated minerals include azurite, calcite, malachite, and smithsonite.
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- Mineral.name
- Otavite
- Mineral.image
- Otavite-89481.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Otavite, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Mineral.category
- Carbonate minerals
- Mineral.formula
- CdCO3
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Ota
- Mineral.strunz
- 5.AB.05
- Mineral.system
- Trigonal
- Mineral.class
- Hexagonal scalenohedral (m) H-M symbol: ( 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Rc
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Otavite is a rare cadmium carbonate mineral with the formula CdCO3. Otavite crystallizes in the trigonal system and forms encrustations and small scalenohedral crystals that have a pearly to adamantine luster. The color is white to reddish to yellow brown. Its Mohs hardness is 3.5 to 4 and the specific gravity is 5.04. Associated minerals include azurite, calcite, malachite, and smithsonite.
It was first described in 1906 from the Tsumeb district near Otavi, Namibia.
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