Stottite, Leiteite, Germanite, Ludlockite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
6.2 x 5.1 x 4.0 cm. Bright orange sprays to 7 mm of felt-like, acicular ludlockite needles are nicely scattered on a matrix of germanite ore. A centrally located, 1.3 cm vug hosts a 2.5 mm leiteite (the tall prismatic crystal with gem tip, slightly included with red ludlockite) and a gemmy, sharp, brown, tetragonal pseudo-octahedral, approximately ...
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