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Azurite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

 
Azurite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Azurite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 37098
Mineral:Azurite
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Description:Complex cluster of lustrous dark blue azurite crystals with minor colorless calcite and quartz crystals in the recesses. A few azurites on one end have a thin green alteration to malachite - an early pseudomorph.
Overall Size:5x3.5x3 cm
Crystals:1-16 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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