Detailed information
Dimensions
47 x 58 x 42
mm
Weight
166 g
Locality
Tsumeb Mine Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region Namibia
Condition
No recorded repairs
This lovely large miniature of pistachio green Mottramite is from the Tsumeb mine in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It is a terrific, branching, dendritic example, like those I remember more widely available during the mid to late 1980s. The specimen is entirely composed of dendritic Mottramite, so creating a highly porous specimen of inter connected and intergrown crystallised branches. Individual, opaque Mottramite crystals with a glassy lustre join to form the branching structures, so characteristic of old material from Tsumeb. A charming and splendid example of this anhydrous vanadate hydroxide, named for the village of Mottram St. Andrew in north Cheshire, England.
