Class : Phosphates, arsenates, vanadates
    Subclass : Hydrated vanadates
    Crystal system : Monoclinic
    Chemistry : Pb₂(Mn,Fe)(VO₄)₂(OH)
    Rarity : Very rare

Brackebuschite is a rare vanadate of lead, iron and manganese. It is a secondary mineral of the oxidation zone of hydrothermal lead and zinc deposits, with a dark brown to black color. Its name was given to it in honor of Ludwig Brackebush, professor of mineralogy at the University of Cordoba in Argentina, who was the first to describe this mineral. It occurs in small striated needle-like crystals, sometimes lamellar, of 1.5 mm at most, frequently grouped in tufts, dendrites or botryoidal masses. It is an attendant of descloizite and vanadinite, two other more common vanadates.

Main photo : Brackebuschite from Venus Mine, Cordoba, Argentina © Stephan Wolfsried

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