#duftite

Calcite with Duftite Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia, Africa

💎 shiny rocks make brain go brrrr ✦ calcite with duftite inclusions [x]

Malachite, Pseudomalachite, Mocico Mine, Portugal, Photo by Pedro Alves

33x22x42mm (Miniature) // 25g

-Painite is the leader of the group and the oldest (and the most vicious). He's VERY bossy. -His second is the huge and gentle Dioptase, the one helping the youngest and giving them works. -Crimsonite and Inderite are the youngest and work partners. Crimsonite arrived on the Island 300 years ago, and did not remember his past, but loves winter! Inderite is his fun-loving partner. -The Duftite Twins are very chaotic, but like to do their work and do whatever Painite or Dioptase tells them to do. -Botryogen and Voltaite are very cool and love adrenaline works. Botryogen is the coolest gem and Voltaite is the cutest (or, at least, they like to say it) -Despujolsite is kinda lazy, and he wants to do as Painite does- but he's not very good at his work. So he only works outside the Village, taking away the ice from the windows and streets.

Duftite in calcite The lovely green inclusions scattered in zones in the white calcite crystal are a complex hydrated lead copper arsenate )plus a dash of calcium and zinc, sometimes) mineral that formed when an anoxic primary ore deposit was altered by oxygen rich waters in the land now known as Namibia. Any mineral collector's body hairs will stand up when the word Tsumeb is uttered, that fount of many mineral wonders in the middle of the Namibian desert (seehttp://on.fb.me/1c2CjkD for an account) . Duftite was named after the manager of this famed mine and is often found accompanying other rare and beautiful oxidation products. The usual colour is green, in varied shades and the lead content makes the mineral very dense in the hand. As well as Namibia, it is also found in Morocco, France, Germany, Russia, England, Mexico, the United States, and Australia. Loz Image credit: fosagams.co.za http://www.mindat.org/loc-2428.html http://www.mindat.org/min-1325.html http://www.galleries.com/Duftite http://bit.ly/1bZmCvb http://bit.ly/1GzVWc2

*Soon I'll make an updated version of her older components (Plumbogummite and Kauri Gum, which were created in early 2018)

Calcite with Duftite - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia