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Cerussite with Rosasite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

 
Cerussite with Rosasite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Cerussite with Rosasite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Cerussite with Rosasite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 55983
Mineral:Cerussite with Rosasite
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Description:Lustrous translucent gray cerussite crystals to 9 mm with blue-green rosasite microcrystals in hemispherical aggregates to 0.5 mm. Included in the surfaces of the cerussite crystals are colorless microcrystals of an unidentified mineral (smithsonite?). Ex. M. Sussman; ex. M. Rattay; ex. A. Weyand in 1997
Overall Size:5.5x4.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 9 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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