Smithsonite-Rhodochrosite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
| DESCRIPTION: | No. 76726
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| Mineral: | Smithsonite-Rhodochrosite
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| Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent rhombohedral zoned pink-to-orange crystals of smithsonite or rhodochrosite covering all sides of gray matrix. This specimen was labeled as rhodochrosite (rare) but no test to substantiate, so must assume it is smithsonite. Collected ca. 1970 |
| Overall Size: | 3.5x3x2.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 2-6 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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