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Cerussite from Tsumeb Mine, 2nd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

 
Cerussite from Tsumeb Mine, 2nd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Cerussite from Tsumeb Mine, 2nd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Cerussite from Tsumeb Mine, 2nd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Cerussite from Tsumeb Mine, 2nd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Cerussite from Tsumeb Mine, 2nd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Cerussite from Tsumeb Mine, 2nd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 75513
Mineral:Cerussite
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, 2nd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Description:Unusually large transparent pale-brown cerussite crystals with lustrous striated prism faces and parallel termination faces. The cerussite crystals have fragments of matrix included in some areas where they contacted the cavity wall. Excellent clarity. Ex. Georg Gebhard (author of Tsumeb I and Tsumeb II, the definitive reference books on Tsumeb)
Overall Size:6.3x2x1.5 cm
Crystals:5-63 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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