Descloizite
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Descloizite, 12.7 cm with crystals to 2.5 cm, from the Uitsab mine, Otavi, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia. The Uitsab mine, worked for vanadate ore between 1920 and 1940, encountered large cavities lined with beautiful crystals of descloizite and vanadinite.
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SizeCabinet
Dimensions12.7 cm
Added on02/13/2026
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- Mineralogical Record Mineral Collection University Of Delaware page 45
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lead-zinc vanadate with lustrous rosettes, black-to-brown tones, and warm translucence; top localities Otavi, Namibia and Ojuela, Mexico.Regional guide
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