Tsumcorite

Origin: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: Galena, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Tsumcorite associated with calcian duftite

Origin: Centennial Eureka mine, Tintic district, Juab Co., Utah, U.S.A.

Sample size: 3 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm with at least 3 crystals, yellow, to about 0.25 mm

 

  

Creamy yellow tsumcorite crystals to 0.75 mm to almost 1 mm on wulfenite crystals and galena.

Origin: Tsumeb mine,Tsumeb, Namibia (type locality)

Ex. DeVito collection

Sample size: 4 x 3 x 2 cm

 

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Tsumcorite pseudomorph after mimetite

Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
1st Oxidation Zone circa early 1900's

Sample size: 4 x 4 x 3 cm (top/2nd row), 3 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm (bottom)

 

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Tsumcorite and mimetite, not a common association

Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, Africa

Sample size: 6 x 4.5 x 4 cm

 

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