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Calcite with Mottramite

Unknown Owner
This cabinet-sized Tsumeb Calcite is full of unique character. Beneath a bed of large, bladed, shallow-angled rhombic colourless to grey-white Calcite crystals lies a thin coating of dark green Mottramite on matrix. The Calcite crystals are really distinctive in their shape, but also with a degree of internal zonation in colour, perhaps in part from the influence of the Mottramite. The overall form of the specimen is quite rounded, giving it a nicely balanced shape, and the Calcite crystals are in extremely fine condition. Ex Hettrich Collection.

Product details

Species
Calcite, MottramiteAbout Calcite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions8.9 x 6.7 x 7.3 cm
Added on11/22/2025
Locality
Namibia, Oshikoto Region, Tsumeb

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
02/2026Unknown Owner$1,800.00
—Crystal ClassicsNot disclosed

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