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Copper on Calcite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

 
Copper on Calcite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Copper on Calcite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Copper on Calcite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 43616
Mineral:Copper on Calcite
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Description:Finely crystallized native copper crystallized on, and included inside, transparent colorless calcite crystals up to 8 mm across. Ex. R. Theodore Hurr collection
Overall Size:31x23x13 mm
Crystals:0.5-8.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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