| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Namibia > Dioptase and Malachite on Dolomite and Duftite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 60765 |
| Mineral: | Dioptase and Malachite on Dolomite and Duftite |
| Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite) |
| Description: | Showy cluster of lustrous transparent green dioptase crystals to 3 mm with fibrous green malachite crystals in spherical aggregates to 7 mm diameter on colorless rhombohedral dolomite crystals to 0.5 mm and pale-green duftite microcrystals. Ex. Jürgen Zindel collection #9012 (Chemnitz, Germany) |
| Overall Size: | 11x6.5x6 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 3 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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