Detailed information
Species
Willemite
Dimensions
57 x 54 x 22
mm
Locality
Tsumeb Mine Otjikoto Region Namibia
Condition
No recorded repairs
Siderite-rich Dolomite forms a rounded platy matrix almost entirely encrusted on all faces with colourless and glassy spherical clusters of Willemite to about 2 mm. From the Tsumeb mine, the Willemite coating is thicker on one side, giving a more creamy appearance. The Willemite fluoresces a dull mustard-yellow in SWUV and pale ghostly-white in LWUV. A great colourless Willemite from Tsumeb in Namibia.