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Namibia, Tsumeb mine
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Azurite
Deeply blue X of azurite, 2.5x1.5 cm wide, on matrix. As it is
possible to see from the 2nd photo, it has some gemmy parts
2.7x4.5cm
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb. Namibia
Specimen n.1374
2nd photo
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Calcite
White XX partially covered by a thin coating of duftite (it
is worth to remember that it took its name - in 1920 - from
G. Duft, general manager of the Tsumeb Mine)
8x6cm
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb. Namibia
Specimen n.831
2nd photo
3rd photo
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Calcite
Group of XX up tp 2.8cm long, white, with a vivid red iron oxides
coating
8.5x6cm
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb. Namibia
Specimen n.661
2nd photo
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Calcite
Orange XX; the scalenohedrons are strongly rounded
7x4.5cm
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb. Namibia
Specimen n.663
2nd photo
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Cerussite
Cluster of pink cerussite XX, prismatic
and striated, in "V"
formation, up to 5 cm tall. This twinned formation is popular, especially
from this famous mine
5x5cm
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb. Namibia
Specimen n.339
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Cerussite
Twinned XX of cerussite in "V"
formation, without matrix
7x6.7cm
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb. Namibia
Specimen n.337
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Dioptase
XX of dioptase up to 0.2 cm long, on
calcite. Some of them are transparent
2.5x4cm
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb. Namibia
Specimen n.1359
Another photo:
a gemmy X
Another photo:
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Smithsonite
Rhombohedral XX with edge up to 0.4cm, on matrix. The pink color is
quite strong
6.5x4.5xcm
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb. Namibia
Specimen n.652
2nd photo: another
view
3rd photo
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Smithsonite
Small XX (up to 0.2cm) with a fine color: on a green base, they are
transparent, pale-yellow, with some reddish inclusions
6.7x6cm
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb. Namibia
Specimen n.832
2nd photo
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Smithsonite
Large and well terminated XX of brown smithsonite, up to 1.7 cm long
12x9cm
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb. Namibia
Specimen n.1286
Another photo:
bigger view
Another photo:
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Smithsonite
Gray pale-yellow XX with edge up to 0.9cm, on matrix
9x6cm
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb. Namibia
Specimen n.653
2nd photo
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Smithsonite
White semitransparent XX, edge up to 1.2cm
8.5x5xcm
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb. Namibia
Specimen n.654
2nd photo
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Smithsonite
Group of rhombohedrons, with the typical curved faces. The XX, up to
1.7cm long, are covered by a grey coating (galena?), under it smithsonite is pale gray
10x7cm
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb. Namibia
Specimen n.656
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Smithsonite
Pink-to-orange rhombohedral XX, rounded, up to 0.4cm
8x4cm
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb. Namibia
Specimen n.650
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Smithsonite
Rounded rhombohedrons, pale pink, up to 0.5cm, on gray calcite
6.5x7cm
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb. Namibia
Specimen n.651
2nd photo
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Smithsonite
Small rhombohedrons of Cu-rich smithsonite, with gray calcite
8x8.5cm
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb. Namibia
Specimen n.649
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Smithsonite
Matrix covered by pink XX up to 0.4cm long
11x9cm
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb. Namibia
Specimen n.655
Another photo: a
bigger view
Another photo:
entire piece
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Wulfenite
Orange tabular XX, edge up to 1.1cm, on microcrystalline smithsonite
matrix. It is very thin and with a remarkable transparence; it seems to have phantom pictures.
There are other XX as you can see from the bigger photo; there is also a
combination of two parallel attached XX (third photo)
9.5x5cm
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb. Namibia
Specimen n.662
Another photo:
entire piece
Another photo:
bigger view
Another photo:
a detail
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