AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Namibia > Descloizite with Smithsonite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 62610 |
Mineral: | Descloizite with Smithsonite |
Locality: | Berg Aukas Mine, 16 km ENE of Grootfontein, Otavi Mountain Land, Namibia |
Description: | Lustrous translucent red-brown descloizite crystals in feather-shaped aggregates to 40 mm. The surfaces of the descloizite crystals on one side of the specimens are coated with lustrous transparent colorless rhombohedral smithsonite crystals to 0.7 mm. |
Overall Size: | 7x5x4 cm |
Crystals: | 0.5-40.0 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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