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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 69313
Mineral:Azurite (twinned crystals) with Cerussite
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Easter Pocket, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Description:Classic specimen of lustrous translucent dark-blue contact-twinned azurite crystals to 19 mm on lustrous pale-gray cerussite crystals to 3 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:32x24x15 mm
Crystals:micro to 19 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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