| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Namibia > Descloizite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 72829 |
| Mineral: | Descloizite |
| Locality: | Berg Aukas Mine, 16 km ENE of Grootfontein, Otavi Mountain Land, Namibia |
| Description: | Sparkling cluster of lustrous translucent dark-brown descloizite crystals to 9 mm intermixed with smaller lustrous red-brown rhombohedral smithsonite microcrystals. The descloizite crystals are pointed form in grouped aggregates of parallel crystals. Ex. W. B. Thompson collection; ex. Dr. Joseph Springall (1811-1895) of Dexter, Maine |
| Overall Size: | 8.5x6.5x4 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 9 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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