Tarbuttite

  
Glassy transparent colorless crystals of tarbuttite to 2 mm in size are richly scattered about a limonite matrix. Minor hopeite in association.
  
 
  
Ex. Scott Williams collection
Origin: Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Central Province, Zambia
Sample size: 4 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm (top), 7 x 7 x 3.7 cm (2nd/3rd row), 5.4 x 11.6 x 2.1 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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