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 April 2007 Update

Tsumeb

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This gallery is a collection of Tsumeb specimens from a private collection.       April 2007
 
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7atkris022   DIOPTASE - $125
Tsumeb, Namibia
4 x 3 x 3 cm

 

Emerald green Dioptase crystals aesthetically a lighter brown matrix. 

 


7atkris023   MOTTRAMITE with CALCITE - $125
Tsumeb, Namibia
4.5 x 4 x 3 cm

 

Hollow Mottramite specimen with colorless rhombs of Calcite.  Top view is the end and the smaller photos are the front and back views.  Sits perfectly for the view of the first smaller photo.  

  


7atkrie024   CALCITE - $75
Tsumeb, Namibia
5 x 4 x 2.5 cm


 

Lustrous colorless flattened rhombs of Calcite.

 


7atkrir025   TENNANTITE on QUARTZ - $150
Tsumeb, Namibia
7 x 6 x 3 cm

 

Quartz was uncommon at Tsumeb.  Here is a fine combination specimen of Quartz and Tennantite.    

 


7atkrii026   CERUSSITE - $50
Tsumeb, Namibia
4 x 3 x 2 cm


 

Double terminated Cerussite crystal grown within the surrounding matrix.


7atkrir028   CALCITE - $95
Tsumeb, Namibia
7.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm

 

Large Tsumeb Calcite.  The top face of the large photo is a cleave but still displays well. 

 


7atkrin031  ANKERITE, QUARTZ - $85
Tsumeb, Namibia
3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm

 

Teminated Quartz crystals and curved Ankerite crystal. ex Clive Queit.

 


7atkro032  AZURITE - $125
Tsumeb, Namibia
5.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm

 

Several terminated clusters of blue Azurite on matrix.


7atkra035   WILLEMITE - $95
Tsumeb, Namibia
5.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm

 

Acicular crystals of Willemite.

 


7atkrit036   WULFENITE  - $125
Tsumeb, Namibia
5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm

 

Cluster of large Wulfenite crystals to 4 cm and larger.  Crystals are damaged but are huge.

 


7atkrit038 DIOPTASE - $85
Tsumeb, Namibia
6.5 x 4 x 3 cm

 

Clusters of lustrous emerald green Dioptase to 4 mm at each end of this matrix specimen.

 


7atkria039   DOLOMITE CAST with CALCITE - $95   SOLD
Tsumeb, Namibia
8 x 5 x 4 cm

 

Here is a Dolomite cast after Calcite with the Calcite present.  I do not think that the Calcite is original, but redeposited after the original dissolved.

 


 
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