AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Namibia > Malachite on Calcite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 10415 |
Mineral: | Malachite on Calcite |
Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia |
Description: | Transparent, colorless, rhombic crystals of calcite up to 7 mm with fibrous spray of green malachite crystals perched on top. Calcite fluoresces under UV illumination. |
Overall Size: | 6x4x3 cm |
Crystals: | 1-7 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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