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Calcite with Duftite from Tsumeb Mine, 2nd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

 
Calcite with Duftite from Tsumeb Mine, 2nd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

Calcite with Duftite from Tsumeb Mine, 2nd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

Calcite with Duftite from Tsumeb Mine, 2nd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

Calcite with Duftite from Tsumeb Mine, 2nd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

Calcite with Duftite from Tsumeb Mine, 2nd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite with Duftite from Tsumeb Mine, 2nd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 73661
Mineral:Calcite with Duftite
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, 2nd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)
Description:Large 42 mm rhombohedral calcite crystal with several smaller calcite crystals around the sides on matrix coated with green duftite microcrystals. The calcite crystals are colorless, with gray-brown inclusions, and fluoresce orange under SW UV. Ex. Georg Gebhard (author of Tsumeb I and II)
Overall Size:4x4x4 cm
Crystals:micro to 30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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