AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Namibia > Defernite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 73890 |
Mineral: | Defernite |
Locality: | Kombat Mine, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa, Namibia |
Description: | White to brown elongated defernite crystals in fine-grained dark hematite-rich matrix. Under magnification the defernite shows lamellar cleavage faces intermixed with an unidentified white alteration mineral. |
Overall Size: | 7x5x4 cm |
Crystals: | 2-22 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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