AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Namibia > Calcite over Calcite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 71856 |
Mineral: | Calcite over Calcite |
Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia |
Description: | Sparkling cluster of lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals to 3 mm in hemispherical aggregates to 18 mm diameter over an earlier generation of larger translucent yellow-gray calcite crystals to 12 mm on brown limonite gossan. |
Overall Size: | 8x5x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | 1-12 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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