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Cerussite and Smithsonite on Galena from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

 
Cerussite and Smithsonite on Galena from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Cerussite and Smithsonite on Galena from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 56474
Mineral:Cerussite and Smithsonite on Galena
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless cerussite crystals to 6 mm with translucent brown scalenohedral smithsonite crystals to 0.5 mm on gray-metallic galena. The cerussite crystals are complexly twinned. Ex. E. Carmichael collection
Overall Size:4.5x3.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:0.1-6.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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