Mottramite (unusual form) on Calcite Rob Smith Coll.

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Cabinet, 11.4 x 4.8 x 2.1 cm
Start Time: 09/01/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 09/06/2012 6:34:31 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Mottramite rarely forms attractive specimens from Tsumeb, yet this weird-looking large plate is unusually attractive in its own way. The very strange-looking tubular/botryoidal/worm-like forms are covered with intensely sparkly, grayish-dark green, mottramite over an earlier generation of pistachio-green mottramite on calcite on matrix. Striking and rare mottramite combination material from the Rob Smith Collection. valued $500-600

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