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Willemite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

 
Willemite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Willemite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Willemite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Willemite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 60280
Mineral:Willemite
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Description:Lustrous transparent blue-gray willemite crystals to 2 mm intermixed with crusts of colorless microcrystals of an unidentified mineral, probably calcite. Ex. W. Keller #914; originally acquired from Excalibur Minerals
Overall Size:30x22x15 mm
Crystals:micro to 2 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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