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Aragonite var. Tarnowitzite with Malachite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

 
Aragonite var. Tarnowitzite with Malachite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Aragonite var. Tarnowitzite with Malachite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 57550
Mineral:Aragonite var. Tarnowitzite with Malachite
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Description:Lustrous translucent-to-transparent pale-yellow elongated tarnowitzite crystals, the lead-rich variety of the mineral aragonite, to 30 mm long protruding from all sides of a fragment of matrix coated with green malachite. Ex. M. Sussman
Overall Size:48x23x21 mm
Crystals:1-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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