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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 75601 |
| Mineral: | Azurite (contact-twinned crystals) |
| Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, Easter Pocket, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia |
| Description: | Classic specimen of intersecting lustrous contact-twinned blue azurite crystals with good blue color due to better-than-average translucency. The azurite crystals exhibit the rare Easter Pocket-habit of broad, flat blades (see Tsumeb II, pages 243-247). Ex. Georg Gebhard (author of Tsumeb I and Tsumeb II, the definitive reference books on Tsumeb), collected in April 1994 |
| Overall Size: | 30x27x23 mm |
| Crystals: | 1-20 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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