AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Namibia > Malachite on Calcite with Hematite inclusions |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 65767 |
Mineral: | Malachite on Calcite with Hematite inclusions |
Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia |
Description: | Fibrous green malachite crystals in spherical aggregates to 11 mm diameter on glassy rhombohedral calcite crystals to 12 mm that are colored brown by microscopic hematite inclusions. |
Overall Size: | 14x5x3 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 12 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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