Calcite with Malachite
specimen number:
4751101
location:
Tsumeb mine, Otjikoto, Namibia
description: An interesting and somewhat unusual colorful specimen showing light pink lustrous crystallized calcite hosting velvety green crystallized malachite. This is complete all around with no points of attachment, larger glassy colorless crystals of calcite present on the bottom as seen in the video. This is from the late 1970s.
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