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- Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
- Formula
- CdCO3
- Size
- Miniature 4x2x2cm
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- carbonate
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- Antique Specimen
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Ex. Maucher specimen with several areas of pearly white rhombic crystals of Otavite. with greenish Rosasite and minor Cerussite. Please see the Prov. tab for a scan of the Maucher label. It is also Ex. William Pinch.
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- Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
- Formula
- CdCO3
- Size
- Miniature 4x3.5x1cm
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- carbonate
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- EDS Confirmed
Analyzed specimen by EDS - all the pearly white little micro crystals on the Cerussite is Otavite. Excellent very rich specimen. Verified Otavite is very hard to obtain. Comes with an old Ward's and Lidstrom's label - see prov. tab.
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- Sold
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- Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
- Formula
- CdCO3
- Size
- Thumbnail 2x1x1cm
- Tagged
- carbonate
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Pearly white, platy crystals of Otavite with rich coverage on a limonitic and green crust with Rosasite and Aurite. There is one nice spray of Azurite. This is, according to the Gebhard label, type material from Schneider. Gebhard called this a co-type specimen. This is noted on Gebhard's label in the provenance tab. Otavite is an exceedingly rare mineral from Tsumeb. White cadmium bearing Smithsonite is often mistaken for Otavite. Once you see a real Otavite it is visually easy to discern the two. Otavite occurs as tiny submillimetric crystals with a distinct pearly luster unlike larger, whiter and dull cadmium Smithsonite.
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- Sold
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- Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
- Formula
- CdCO3
- Size
- Thumbnail 1.5x1x1cm
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Superb specimen richly covered in tiny clear rhombs of Otavite. From Georg Gebhard's collection. A specimen from 1908. Confirmed Otavites are extremely rare, this one is NOT confirmed however.
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- Sold
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- Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
- Formula
- PbGe4O9
- Size
- Micromount 0.2x0.1x0.1cm
A slender glassy, clear crystal in/on white Schaurteite matrix. Ex. Gebhard collection. Extremely rare.
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- Sold
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- near Gabbs, Nye Co., Nevada, United States
- Formula
- Ag3Pb10Sb11S28
- Size
- SmCabinet 5.5x5x3cm
- Tagged
- sulfide
Silvery, fine filliform Owyheeite in matted patches on both sides of matrix with deep red-orange Sphalerite crystals. Comes with an old label from the W. J. Rodekohr Collection.
