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Calcite with Duftite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

 
Calcite with Duftite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

Calcite with Duftite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite with Duftite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 41851
Mineral:Calcite with Duftite
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless rhombohedral calcite crystals to 22 mm on gray matrix with minor green duftite and pink dolomite. One crystal on the upper left is cleaved where it was attached to matrix. Ex. Robert C. Lambert (1919-2008) #255; ex. B. Lipman
Overall Size:11x7x5 cm
Crystals:10-22 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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