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Calcite with Duftite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:

DESCRIPTION:	No. 70276
Mineral:	Calcite with Duftite
Locality:	Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)
Description:	Lustrous translucent-to-transparent colorless calcite crystals with lustrous green duftite microcrystals in spaces between the calcite crystals and included in phantom-growth zones in the calcite. The calcite fluoresces orange under SW UV illumination.
Overall Size:	8x5.5x3.5 cm
Crystals:	micro to 28 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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