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| name        = Asisite
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| image       = Asisite - Kombat Mine, Namibia.jpg
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| caption     = Asisite from Kombat Mine, Namibia
| category    = Halide
| formula     = Pb<sub>7</sub>SiO<sub>4</sub>O<sub>4</sub>Cl<sub>2</sub> 
| strunz      = 3.DB.40
| system      = Tetragonal <br/>Ditetragonal dipyramidal class
| symmetry    = Tetragonal <br/>[[H-M symbol]]: (4/m 2/m 2/m) <br/>[[Space group]]: ''I''4/mmm
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'''Asisite''' (Pb<sub>7</sub>SiO<sub>8</sub>Cl<sub>2</sub>) is a yellow [[tetragonal]] [[mineral]]. It is found at the Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, [[Otjozondjupa Region]], [[Namibia]]. It was named for a farm, Asis, where the mine where it was found, is located. It was discovered in 1988.

==References==
*[http://www.mindat.org/min-391.html Mindat.org - Asisite] 
*[http://www.webmineral.com/data/Asisite.shtml Webmineral.com - Asisite]
*[http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/asisite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy - Asisite] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508113854/http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/asisite.pdf |date=2019-05-08 }}

[[Category:Lead minerals]]
[[Category:Halide minerals]]


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