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Cerussite twinned crystals from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

 
Cerussite twinned crystals from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Cerussite twinned crystals from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Cerussite twinned crystals from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Cerussite twinned crystals from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Cerussite twinned crystals from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Cerussite twinned crystals from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Cerussite twinned crystals from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 71953
Mineral:Cerussite twinned crystals
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Description:Lustrous transparent gray cerussite crystals in parallel orientation with remnants of gray sulfide-rich matrix on the bottom accompanied by museum label. Several cerussite crystals are twinned at 60° of the right side of the central cerussite crystal. Ex. American Museum of Natural History #36971; originally acquired in 1968 from NJ Mineral Supply
Overall Size:4.5x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-40 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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