| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Namibia > Dioptase on Malachite with Cerussite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 63340 |
| Mineral: | Dioptase on Malachite with Cerussite |
| Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent green dioptase crystals to 2 mm on velvet-like fibrous green malachite crystals in hemispherical aggregates to 5 mm diameter with a 10 mm lustrous transparent gray-brown cerussite crystal on the top - an unusual mineral combination. Ex. Mort Metersky collection #Cm-114, director of International Calcite Collectors Association |
| Overall Size: | 4.5x2.8x2 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 10 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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