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Calcite with Malachite inclusions from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

 
Calcite with Malachite inclusions from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Calcite with Malachite inclusions from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Calcite with Malachite inclusions from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Calcite with Malachite inclusions from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite with Malachite inclusions from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 53256
Mineral:Calcite with Malachite inclusions
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Description:Transparent colorless rhombohedral calcite crystals to 15 mm with fibrous green malachite inclusions that crystallized earlier on core calcite crystals that continued to grow resulting in green malachite phantom zones. The calcite fluoresces under UV. Ex. Richard Hauck in 1992
Overall Size:15x12x6 cm
Crystals:micro to 15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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