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Calcite (contact-twinned crystals) from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

 
Calcite (contact-twinned crystals) from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Calcite (contact-twinned crystals) from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Calcite (contact-twinned crystals) from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Calcite (contact-twinned crystals) from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Calcite (contact-twinned crystals) from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite (contact-twinned crystals) from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 73243
Mineral:Calcite (contact-twinned crystals)
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Description:Sparkling cluster of lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals on the edge and one face of gray matrix. The calcite crystals are contact-twinned complex crystal form. Collected ca. 1980. Fluoresces yellow-orange under 365 nm LW UV illumination
Overall Size:5.5x4x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-6 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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