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Mimetite with Mottramite coating from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

 
Mimetite with Mottramite coating from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Mimetite with Mottramite coating from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Mimetite with Mottramite coating from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Mimetite with Mottramite coating from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Mimetite with Mottramite coating from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 73256
Mineral:Mimetite with Mottramite coating
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Description:Large translucent yellow elongated mimetite crystals to 18 mm with red-brown coating of mottramite microcrystals mixed with an unidentified mineral, possibly goethite. Where the mimetite crystals are incomplete the yellow color is visible. Collected ca. 1985
Overall Size:4x2.5x2 cm
Crystals:micro to 18 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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