Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Kegelite is a complex silicate mineral with formula Pb8Al4Si8O20(SO4)2(CO3)4(OH)8.It was first described in 1975 for an occurrence in the Tsumeb Mine Tsumeb Otjikoto Region Namibia and named for Friedrich Wilhelm Kegel (?-1948) Director of mining operations at Tsumeb.It occurs in a deeply oxidized polymetallic ore deposits in Tsumeb. Associated minerals include quartz galena mimetite hematite leadhillite anglesite fleischerite melanotekite and alamosite.
