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Adamite var. Cuproadamite with Wulfenite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

 
Adamite var. Cuproadamite with Wulfenite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Adamite var. Cuproadamite with Wulfenite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Adamite var. Cuproadamite with Wulfenite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 70138
Mineral:Adamite var. Cuproadamite with Wulfenite
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Description:Lustrous transparent green cuproadamite crystals, the copper-rich variety of the mineral species adamite, to 3 mm on brown calcite-rich matrix, with a 5 mm translucent orange-brown wulfenite crystal (one edge is chipped) nestled in the center. Ex. W. Keller #729, acquired in 1981 from Excalibur
Overall Size:26x20x18 mm
Crystals:1-5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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