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Arsentsumebite (Type Locality) on Azurite
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia (Type Locality)
- Miniature, 3.5 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm
- Start Time: 12/25/2014 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 01/06/2015 6:00:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
An OLD-TIME, showy reference-quality combination specimen from the famous Tsumeb Mine. The sparkly, drusy, pistachio-green Arsentsumebite microcrystals are generously intermingled with lustrous, sharp, midnight-blue Azurite crystals. The Azurites range up to 7 mm. Tsumeb is the Type Locality for this ULTRA-RARE lead copper arsenate, which is rare even for Tsumeb. This is an attractive, rich specimen of Arsentsumebite, and a fine, classic combination piece. Definitely old, from the upper oxidized levels of this very historic mine. ex Clive Queit,