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MB70AA7: Aggregate of white acicular Skorpionite crystals. They are very bright and very rich for the species. The Skorpionite, very fluorescent under a UV lamp,is coating a matrix with Tarbuttite crystals with a uniform green color. The sample, of great quality and from the type locality for the species, is from the Desmond Sacco collection whose label we will send to the buyer. The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 202 in number 2015/3
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Lüderitz District, ǁKaras Region Namibia (2004)
Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.8 × 2.6 cm = 1.77” × 1.10” × 1.02”
Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”
Type locality
With handwritten label from the Desmond Sacco Collection
With analysis copy
Intense fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
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