| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Namibia > Malachite pseudomorphs after Azurite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 75243 |
| Mineral: | Malachite pseudomorphs after Azurite |
| Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, 1st Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia |
| Description: | Fibrous green malachite pseudomorphs after doubly-terminated azurite crystals to 50 mm, with partial pseudomorphs on one edge and a spherical group of white calcite crystals. Azurite formed first, altered to malachite, then calcite grew on the corner. Ex. Georg Gebhard (author of Tsumeb I and Tsumeb II, the definitive reference books on Tsumeb) |
| Overall Size: | 5x3.5x2.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 50 mm pseudo |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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