CERUSSITE THIS SIZABLE “SNOWFLAKE” EXAMPLE OF CERUSSITE HAS DARK GRAY TO BLACK VEIN MATTER INTERMIXED WITH THE LIGHT SMOKY CERUSSITE AT THE EDGES OF THE PIECE, AND IT MEASURES 9X 6X 3 INCHES.
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SCORODITE THIS SPECIMEN OF SCORODITE, DISCOVERED IN THE TSUMEB MINE AND ONCE PART OF THE STORIED COLLECTION OF ROCK H. CURRIER, SHOWS VARYING DEGREES OF PLEOCHROISM.
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The mine at Tsumeb, Namibia, now known as the Ongopolo mine, is world-famous for its amazing assortment of common and rare mineral species, some of them the world’s finest. Among the nearly 350 different known species from this location are unknown species first found in the ores of Tsumeb, where the study continues.
The deposit produced a variety of metals, including copper, lead, zinc, silver, gold, cobalt, and germanium, from a huge mineralized nearly vertical pipe that had surfaced and was heavily oxidized to depth. Mining reached nearly a depth of over 4,000 feet before closing.