CERUSSITE with MIMETITE and DUFTITE - Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

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SizeSmall
Dimensions6.2 x 4.8 x 3.0 cm
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Description
Seven blocky, colourless, translucent crystals of Cerussite to 15 x 8 x 8 mm contrast nicely against a microcrystalline carpet of pistachio-green Duftite, coating a mainly hidden matrix of granular and sucrosic light grey Dolomite. This most attractive miniature is highlighted with microcrystalline bright canary lemon-yellow Mimetite, preferentially coating areas of the glassy Cerussite crystals.

Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia

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