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Willemite On Native Copper

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Willemite On Native Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 2.8 × 2.3 cm
Description

A rare combination of minerals from tsumeb, blue botryoidal willenite encasing a well defined native copper floater crystal. The dendritic formation offers 360° views and every angle shows you something more to appreciate, in some areas it seems that there is more than one mineral covering the native copper host.

The color contrast is eye catching and the condition is pristine with no contact that I could find.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Willemite

Formula: 
Zn2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AA.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vieille Montagne (Altenberg; Kelmisberg), Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne District (Plombières-Altenberg), Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

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