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Smithsonite and Cerussite on Galena from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

 
Smithsonite and Cerussite on Galena from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Smithsonite and Cerussite on Galena from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Smithsonite and Cerussite on Galena from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 51492
Mineral:Smithsonite and Cerussite on Galena
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Description:Heavy crystallized gray galena with a shallow cavity lined with translucent brown elongated-scalenohedral smithsonite crystals to 2.5 mm with lustrous transparent colorless complexly-twinned cerussite crystals to 7 mm. Ex. Larry Krause (1945-2010) collection
Overall Size:9x9x6 cm
Crystals:0.5-7.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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