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Dioptase and Duftite on Calcite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

 
Dioptase and Duftite on Calcite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

Dioptase and Duftite on Calcite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

Dioptase and Duftite on Calcite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

Dioptase and Duftite on Calcite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Dioptase and Duftite on Calcite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 63575
Mineral:Dioptase and Duftite on Calcite
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)
Description:Rhombohedral transparent gray calcite crystals to 11 mm overgrown with a second generation of smaller calcite crystals to 1 mm with green duftite microcrystals and scattered emerald-green lustrous transparent dioptase crystals to 2.5 mm. Ex. Mort Metersky collection, originally acquired in 1991
Overall Size:5x3.5x2 cm
Crystals:0.2-11.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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