Mottramite casts after Calcite (ex Rob Smith Collection)

Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Small Cabinet, 7.0 x 6.4 x 2.3 cm.
Start Time: 03/03/2009 8:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 03/10/2009 8:04:21 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A very attractive cast or epimorph specimen of dark forest green color, botryoidal Mottramite after rhombic Calcite. You can see some of the broken casts are completely hollow inside where the Calcite has totally dissolved away.

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