Mimetite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 78438
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| Mineral: | Mimetite
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| Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia |
| Description: | Lustrous translucent-to-transparent yellow mimetite crystals in hexagonal tapered columnar crystals, with secondary edge faces on the terminations, on gray-brown matrix. The mimetite crystals fluoresce orange under LW UV illumination. Collected ca. 1980 |
| Overall Size: | 3x2.5x2 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 11 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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