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Mimetite on Calcite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

 
Mimetite on Calcite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Mimetite on Calcite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Mimetite on Calcite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Mimetite on Calcite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Mimetite on Calcite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Mimetite on Calcite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 78437
Mineral:Mimetite on Calcite
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Description:Lustrous transparent yellow mimetite crystals to 10 mm in a fan-shaped formation on lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals to 1.5 mm, with minor willemite. The mimetite crystals fluoresce orange under LW UV illumination. Collected ca. 1980
Overall Size:3.5x3.2x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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