Mottramite

  
Mottramite pseudomorph after cerussite
  
 
  
Calcite on mottramite on calcite, ex. W. Israel collection
  
Calcite on mottramite
  
Mottramite on calcite, ex. Rob Smith collection
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 6.3 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm (top/2nd row), 3.3 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm (3rd/4th row), 13 x 7.3 x 3.9 cm (5th row), 3.2 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm (6th/7th row)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Origin: Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Tsumeb District, Otavi, Namibia
Sample size: area 1 cm
Owner: Steve Rust
 
Origin: High Prin Mine (Belton Grain Vein), Wanlockhead, Leadhills-Wanlockhead District, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK
Sample size: thin crust of mottramite on pyromorphite. Area 1.2 cm
Owner: Steve Rust
 
  
Origin: New Glencrieff Mine (East and West branch of New Glencrieff Vein), Wanlockhead, Leadhills-Wanlockhead District, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK
Sample size: 1 mm mass on creamy pyromorphite (left), area 5 mm (right)
Owner:  Steve Rust
 
  
Origin: Hopeful vein, Leadhills, Leadhills-Wanlockhead District, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Sample size: 0.4 mm black crystals on pyromorphite (left), 0.3 mm crystals (right)
Owner: Steve Rust
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Rust

 

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