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CKTSU-44
Willemite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Small Cabinet, 6.5 x 4.9 x 3.3 cm
Ex. Charlie Key
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This matrix specimen features olive green spheres, to 1 cm across, composed of little spiky crystals of sparkling willemite. What is unusual about the willemite is the color, presumably due to copper enrichment. Under magnification, each sphere looks like a pincushion of needles of willemite - and thus the superficial similarity to smithsonite is refuted. Bizarre Tsumeb specimen!