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Tarbuttite from Kabwe (Broken Hill), Central province, Zambia (Type Locality for Tarbuttite)

 
Tarbuttite from Kabwe (Broken Hill), Central province, Zambia (Type Locality for Tarbuttite)

Tarbuttite from Kabwe (Broken Hill), Central province, Zambia (Type Locality for Tarbuttite)

Tarbuttite from Kabwe (Broken Hill), Central province, Zambia (Type Locality for Tarbuttite)

Tarbuttite from Kabwe (Broken Hill), Central province, Zambia (Type Locality for Tarbuttite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 27706
Mineral:Tarbuttite
Locality:Kabwe (Broken Hill), Central province, Zambia (Type Locality for Tarbuttite)
Description:Limonite matrix coated with sparkling tarbuttite crystals. The tarbuttite crystals are translucent and lustrous. For more information on the find, see first paragraph on pg. 264, Nov.-Dec., 1974 Mineralogical Record. Collected by S. Gordon in December, 1929 on the Fourth Vaux Academy Expedition
Overall Size:6x4x2 cm
Crystals:2-6 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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