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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

DESCRIPTION:No. 56482
Mineral:Calcite with Malachite inclusions
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Description:Transparent colorless calcite crystals to 14 mm with fibrous green malachite crystals to 1 mm around the edges, and included within the calcite. The calcite crystals are complex form with rhombohedral faces combined with scalenohedral faces. Ex. E. Carmichael collection
Overall Size:4.3x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-14 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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