Detailed information
Species
Mottramite, Calcite
Dimensions
48 x 72 x 38
mm
Weight
160 g
Locality
Tsumeb Mine Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region Namibia
Condition
No recorded repairs
Tsumeb mine has produced some of the world's finest and richest crystallized Mottramite specimens which can take several different forms. This very rich small cabinet specimen is a bed of bi-coloured Mottramite - an initial dark olive-green stalactitic form upon which a thick outer layer of vibrant green has developed, and which shows a slightly rosetted crystallized form. A few small colourless Calcite crystals occur in association on the surface of the bright green Mottramite, but it is the richly coloured and crystallized Mottramite which makes this specimen.