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Ludlockite on Leiteite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Ludlockite and Leiteite)

 
Ludlockite on Leiteite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Ludlockite and Leiteite)

Ludlockite on Leiteite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Ludlockite and Leiteite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 60926
Mineral:Ludlockite on Leiteite
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Ludlockite and Leiteite)
Description:Lustrous transparent-to-translucent yellow leiteite crystals to 18 mm in an aggregate of parallel crystals with fibrous red-orange ludlockite crystals to 1.5 mm scattered on the surfaces of the leiteite crystals. Both ludlockite and leiteite are rare.
Overall Size:24x14x8 mm
Crystals:0.5-18.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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