AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Namibia > Mimetite (two generations) |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 72967 |
Mineral: | Mimetite (two generations) |
Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia |
Description: | Lustrous translucent yellow mimetite crystals to 2 mm over translucent yellow-brown microcrystals of an earlier generation of mimetite on gray-brown matrix. The larger mimetite crystals are tapered hexagonal prismatic form with pyramidal terminations. Ex. Marshall Sussman |
Overall Size: | 5x3x3 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 2 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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