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Azurite (twinned crystals) with Smithsonite from Tsumeb Mine, Easter Pocket, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:	No. 69308
Mineral:	Azurite (twinned crystals) with Smithsonite
Locality:	Tsumeb Mine, Easter Pocket, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Description:	Classic specimen of lustrous translucent dark-blue contact-twinned azurite crystals to 15 mm with pale-yellow smithsonite crystals to 1 mm. The azurite crystals exhibit the rare Easter Pocket-habit of broad, flat blades (see Tsumeb II, pages 243-247). Ex. Georg Gebhard (author of Tsumeb I and II), collected in April 1994
Overall Size:	3.5x3x2 cm
Crystals:	0.5-15.0 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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