Rosasite ps. after Cerussite with Cerussite - image 1
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Rosasite ps. after Cerussite with Cerussite

$4,000.00

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A rare and very fine specimen of blue green Rosasite pseudomorphing after a twinned, bladed Cerussite crystal measuring to 3.3 cm. This wonderful specimen is from the Tsumeb mine in Namibia, famous for its huge diversity of pseudomorphs. Many further unaltered crystals of glassy Cerussite are in association. The Rosasite has a slightly bubbly surface of low relief, flattened botryoidal mounds, all of uniform colour and with a matt to slightly resinous lustre. This is a superb pseudomorph of Rosasite after Cerussite from Tsumeb.

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Species
Rosasite, CerussiteAbout Rosasite →
SizeMiniature
Dimensions4.3 x 4.8 x 3.5 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
Namibia, Oshikoto Region, TsumebRegional guide →
SKUCC15265

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Rosasite
Mineral guide
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copper-zinc carbonate hydroxide with vivid blue-green, velvety botryoids; prized for color, texture, and classic localities like Laurion and Ojuela.
Rosasite
Regional guide
Rosasite from Tsumeb, Namibia
from Tsumeb is a connoisseur’s mineral: rarely the loudest species on the specimen, but often the one that makes a Tsumeb piece intellectually irresistible. In the hand it appears as silky blue-green to turquoise mammillary coatings, fine fibrous lawns, sheaflike aggregates, and — most coveted of all — pseudomorphs after earlier copper carbonates. The best examples have the unmistakable Tsumeb look: a tight paragenetic story preserved in color and texture, with rosasite woven among azurite, malachite, cerussite, willemite, smithsonite, duftite, mimetite, calcite, dolomite, and quartz.