Cerussite, Calcite, Rosasite & Smithsonite (Flynn Coll.)

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Small Cabinet, 7.0 x 6.9 x 4.1 cm
Start Time: 11/16/2019 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 11/21/2019 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

A showy, rich and hefty combination ore specimen from famed Tsumeb. The vuggy, sculptural small cabinet matrix hosts scattered glassy, adamantine lustre cerussite crystals, to 8 mm, colorless smithsonite crystals, a 3.5 cm vug lined with blocky bone-white calcite rhombs, and drusy green rosasite. The base of the piece hosts a laminated, iridescent sulfide - tennantite? Hefty and excellent combination material from the Shields Flynn Collection. Mass is 325 grams.

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