Mineral: Mimetite
Locality: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 4 cm / main crystal: 2.5 cm
Description: Mass: 121 g
MIM number:1988
Three large yellow-orange transparent, heavily striated, tapered, pointed, lustrous and very well formed crystals on a contrasting white matrix. The striation perpendicular to the main axis is clearly visible.
Photographer: MIM Museum
Ex collection: Louis-Dominique Bayle (France)
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