Detailed information
Species
Rosasite, Smithsonite
Dimensions
59 x 36 x 28
mm
Locality
Tsumeb Mine Otjikoto Region Namibia
Condition
No recorded repairs
Intensely bluish-turquoise Rosasite forms 1 mm diameter botryoidal druses over a 2.5 x 1.0 cm patch on a knarled mass of powdery-white Smithsonite, some of which has been stained very pale green. Much of this is coated with micro-crystallised Cuprian Smithsonite coloured a pastel duck-egg blue. An interesting combination of Rosasite and Smithsonite from Tsumeb.