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Cerussite (sixling-twinned crystals) with Mimetite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

 
Cerussite (sixling-twinned crystals) with Mimetite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Cerussite (sixling-twinned crystals) with Mimetite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Cerussite (sixling-twinned crystals) with Mimetite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Cerussite (sixling-twinned crystals) with Mimetite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Cerussite (sixling-twinned crystals) with Mimetite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 76451
Mineral:Cerussite (sixling-twinned crystals) with Mimetite
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Description:Sixling-twinned lustrous transparent pale-yellow cerussite crystals to 24 mm with transparent yellow mimetite crystals to 4 mm on the brown (willemite? calcite?) matrix. The cerussite crystals are repeatedly twinned at 60° angles. Collected ca. 1980
Overall Size:4.5x4x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 24 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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