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PostPosted: Dec 24, 2016 01:13    Post subject: Re: Collection of Heimo Hellwig  
Tsumeb.

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 Mineral: Smithsonite and Pyrite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 65mm x 70mm x 60mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  25079 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Smithsonite and Pyrite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 65mm x 70mm x 60mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  25086 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Smithsonite and Pyrite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 65mm x 70mm x 60mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  25095 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Smithsonite and Pyrite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
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PostPosted: Dec 25, 2016 10:40    Post subject: Re: Collection of Heimo Hellwig  
Tsumeb.

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 Mineral: Anglesite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 50mm x 60mm x 25mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  25021 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Anglesite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 50mm x 60mm x 25mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  25023 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Anglesite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
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 Viewed:  25075 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Dec 27, 2016 02:03    Post subject: Re: Collection of Heimo Hellwig  
Tsumeb.

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 Mineral: Dioptase and Malachite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 35mm x 70mm x 70mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  24931 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Dioptase and Malachite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 35mm x 70mm x 70mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  24904 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Dioptase and Malachite
 Locality:
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 Dimensions: 35mm x 70mm x 70mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  24943 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Dioptase and Malachite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
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PostPosted: Dec 27, 2016 06:22    Post subject: Re: Collection of Heimo Hellwig  
Nice specimen of malachite and dioptase Heimo! :-)
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PostPosted: Dec 27, 2016 09:59    Post subject: Re: Collection of Heimo Hellwig  
Pierre Joubert wrote:
Nice specimen of malachite and dioptase Heimo! :-)


Thanks Pierre. Appreciated.
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PostPosted: Dec 28, 2016 00:36    Post subject: Re: Collection of Heimo Hellwig  
Tsumeb.

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 Mineral: Smithsonite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 40mm x 40mm x 20mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  24770 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Smithsonite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 40mm x 40mm x 20mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  24733 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Smithsonite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 40mm x 40mm x 20mm
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PostPosted: Dec 29, 2016 08:30    Post subject: Re: Collection of Heimo Hellwig  
Tsumeb.

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 Mineral: Wulfenite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 40mm x 45mm x 25mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  24641 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Wulfenite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 40mm x 45mm x 25mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  24632 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Wulfenite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 40mm x 45mm x 25mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  24657 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Wulfenite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 40mm x 45mm x 25mm
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PostPosted: Dec 31, 2016 05:29    Post subject: Re: Collection of Heimo Hellwig  
Tsumeb.

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 Mineral: Azurite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 18mm x 30mm x 20mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  24558 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Dioptase
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 30mm x 26mm x 30mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  24565 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Cerussite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 20mm x 30mm x 10mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  24538 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Malachite after Azurite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 38mm x 36mm x 15mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  24586 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Calcite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 35mm x 24mm x 20mm
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PostPosted: Jan 01, 2017 13:02    Post subject: Re: Collection of Heimo Hellwig  
Tsumeb.

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 Mineral: Aragonite and Mimetite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 40mm x 50mm x 30mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  24405 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Aragonite and Mimetite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 40mm x 50mm x 30mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  24391 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Aragonite and Mimetite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 40mm x 50mm x 30mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  24444 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Aragonite and Mimetite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
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 Viewed:  24428 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Jan 03, 2017 02:27    Post subject: Re: Collection of Heimo Hellwig  
Tsumeb.

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 Mineral: Mimetite on Dolomite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 100mm x 60mm x 45mm
 Description:
Front of specimen.
 Viewed:  24253 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Mimetite on Dolomite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 100mm x 60mm x 45mm
 Description:
Front of specimen.
 Viewed:  24332 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Mimetite on Dolomite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 100mm x 60mm x 45mm
 Description:
Rear of specimen.
 Viewed:  24303 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Mimetite on Dolomite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
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Rear of specimen.
 Viewed:  24278 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Jan 05, 2017 00:59    Post subject: Re: Collection of Heimo Hellwig  
Tsumeb.

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 Mineral: Smithsonite and Malachite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 30mm x 42mm x 20mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  23643 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Smithsonite and Malachite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 30mm x 42mm x 20mm
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PostPosted: Jan 05, 2017 05:57    Post subject: Re: Collection of Heimo Hellwig  
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Mineral: Willemite
Locality: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Dimensions: 63mm x 40mm x 22mm

I would say that they are all Quartz with Malachite Heimo...
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PostPosted: Jan 07, 2017 11:52    Post subject: Re: Collection of Heimo Hellwig  
Jordi Fabre wrote:
I would say that they are all Calcite with Malachite Heimo...


Hello Jordi, visually I agree, but neither specimen fizzed like calcite when put in strong descaler liquid.
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PostPosted: Jan 07, 2017 14:58    Post subject: Re: Collection of Heimo Hellwig  
Heimo Hellwig wrote:
Jordi Fabre wrote:
I would say that they are all Calcite with Malachite Heimo...


Hello Jordi, visually I agree, but neither specimen fizzed like calcite when put in strong descaler liquid.

Thanks Heimo.
Could you check the fluorescence please? The Tsumeb Willemite tends to have an intense fluorescence under short UV and a regular fluorescence under long UV

Thank you!
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PostPosted: Jan 08, 2017 13:30    Post subject: Re: Collection of Heimo Hellwig  
Jordi Fabre wrote:
Heimo Hellwig wrote:
Jordi Fabre wrote:
I would say that they are all Calcite with Malachite Heimo...


Hello Jordi, visually I agree, but neither specimen fizzed like calcite when put in strong descaler liquid.

Thanks Heimo.
Could you check the fluorescence please? The Tsumeb Willemite tends to have an intense fluorescence under short UV and a regular fluorescence under long UV

Thank you!


Hello Jordi, thanks for the advice. Will do the recommended tests next week, as soon as I get back home from the farm.

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