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Tarnowitzite

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Tarnowitzite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13 × 7 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Weight: 
480.00gr
Description

Large white and well terminated tarnowitzite crystals on matrix.

Beautiful old specimen from Armin Wendland collection

Sawn base

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tarnowitzite

Variety Of: 

Aragonite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz), Upper Silesia (Śląskie), Poland