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Namibite

Year of discovery: 1981 (Mesopotamia Farm, Namibia), 2012 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of namibite

• Cu(BiO)₂VO₄(OH)
• [Cu²⁺][(BiO)⁺₂][OH|VO]^4-

• Class: Bismutyl - Vanadate - Hydroxide
• Soluble in: HCl, HNO₃, H₂SO₄

• Color: Dark green
• Streak: Pale green
• Diaphaneity: Translucent

• Cleavage: Perfect on {001} (1 plane)
• Hardness: 4.5-5
• Density: 6.9

• System: Triclinic
• Group: (-1), P(-1)