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Calcite with minor Duftite inclusions from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

 
Calcite with minor Duftite inclusions from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

Calcite with minor Duftite inclusions from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

Calcite with minor Duftite inclusions from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

Calcite with minor Duftite inclusions from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

Calcite with minor Duftite inclusions from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 71943
Mineral:Calcite with minor Duftite inclusions
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)
Description:Lustrous transparent rhombohedral colorless calcite crystals crystallized on all sides of brown matrix core. Some of the calcite crystals have green duftite inclusions. The calcite crystals fluoresce orange under SW UV. Collected ca. 1980
Overall Size:6x4.5x3.5 cm
Crystals:5-10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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