Calcite - Tsumeb mine, Oshikoto, Namibia - Height: 9 cm - Width: 7.1 cm- 156 g

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Selected by Yoan Beckaert

Watch a video of this specimen by following the Vimeo link below: https://vimeo.com/1236060853/076249f22a Beautiful specimen of calcite from Tsumeb, featuring sharp rhombohedrons with oxides inclusions! Tsumeb is one of the most mythic localities for the mineral collector. There, the unlikely combination of several geological factors made possible the occurrence of a wide variety of finely crystallized mineral species, to such and extent that this deposit set the highest international standards for several species over the second half of the last century.

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Calcite - Tsumeb mine, Oshikoto, Namibia - Height: 9 cm - Width: 7.1 cm- 156 g

Watch a video of this specimen by following the Vimeo link below: https://vimeo.com/1236060853/076249f22a

Beautiful specimen of calcite from Tsumeb, featuring sharp rhombohedrons with oxides inclusions!

Tsumeb is one of the most mythic localities for the mineral collector. There, the unlikely combination of several geological factors made possible the occurrence of a wide variety of finely crystallized mineral species, to such and extent that this deposit set the highest international standards for several species over the second half of the last century.

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Selected by Yoan Beckaert

Estimate € 150 - € 200

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