| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Namibia > Mimetite pseudomorphs after Cerussite over Smithsonite coating Calcite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 72987 |
| Mineral: | Mimetite pseudomorphs after Cerussite over Smithsonite coating Calcite |
| Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia |
| Description: | Sparkling yellow mimetite pseudomorphs after twinned cerussite crystals to 4 mm (one core is exposed revealing the hollow interior) on lustrous translucent brown smithsonite microcrystals coating translucent gray-brown calcite crystals to 5 mm. Ex. E. Carmichael collection, collected ca. 1985 |
| Overall Size: | 8x5.5x3.5 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 4 mm pseudos |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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