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Copper with Malachite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

 
Copper with Malachite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Copper with Malachite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Copper with Malachite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Copper with Malachite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 41993
Mineral:Copper with Malachite
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Description:Arborescent formation of metallic native copper crystals up to 10 mm long with rounded coatings of velvet-like green malachite crystals. The malachite coats about half of the copper. Ex. Robert C. Lambert (1919-2008) #490; ex. Bruce Museum (Stamford, Ct.) in 1990
Overall Size:4x2x2 cm
Crystals:0.2-10.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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