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Cerussite (trilling) with Duftite and Malachite from Tsumeb Mine, 3rd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

 
Cerussite (trilling) with Duftite and Malachite from Tsumeb Mine, 3rd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

Cerussite (trilling) with Duftite and Malachite from Tsumeb Mine, 3rd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

Cerussite (trilling) with Duftite and Malachite from Tsumeb Mine, 3rd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

Cerussite (trilling) with Duftite and Malachite from Tsumeb Mine, 3rd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

Cerussite (trilling) with Duftite and Malachite from Tsumeb Mine, 3rd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

Cerussite (trilling) with Duftite and Malachite from Tsumeb Mine, 3rd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 73949
Mineral:Cerussite (trilling) with Duftite and Malachite
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, 3rd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite)
Description:Lustrous transparent gray twinned cerussite crystals to 13 mm with green duftite inclusions. The cerussite crystals are trilling habit, of radiating crystals twinned at 60° angles resulting in a star-shaped group. Minor green malachite on rear. Ex. Georg Gebhard (author of Tsumeb I and Tsumeb II, the definitive reference books on Tsumeb), collected ca. 1980
Overall Size:24x23x10 mm
Crystals:micro to 13 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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