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Cerussite sixling-twinned crystals with Hydrocerussite coating plus minor Calcite from Tsumeb Mine, Lead Pocket, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 75233
Mineral:	Cerussite sixling-twinned crystals with Hydrocerussite coating plus minor Calcite
Locality:	Tsumeb Mine, Lead Pocket, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Description:	Large transparent colorless cerussite crystals with white hydrocerussite coating on select faces plus minor white calcite crystals on rear. The cerussite crystals are repeatedly twinned at 60° angles resulting in a star-shaped group known as a trilling. Ex. Georg Gebhard (author of Tsumeb I and Tsumeb II, the definitive reference books on Tsumeb)
Overall Size:	4x3.5x3 cm
Crystals:	1-22 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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