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Calcite with phantom-growth zoning of Mottramite inclusions over Duftite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

DESCRIPTION:	No. 63162
Mineral:	Calcite with phantom-growth zoning of Mottramite inclusions over Duftite
Locality:	Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)
Description:	Lustrous transparent colorless rhombohedral calcite crystals to 14 mm phantom-growth zones of an earlier generation of calcite crystals coated with gray-brown mottramite microcrystals. The calcite cluster grew over a core of green duftite microcrystals. Ex. Mort Metersky collection #Ca-1265, director of International Calcite Collectors Association
Overall Size:	5x5x2.5 cm
Crystals:	micro to 14 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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