$2,500.00 €2,306 £1,920.00 approx. This specimen is priced in US dollars, all other prices are approximate.
Although the lead molybdate Wulfenite is common throughout the Tsumeb orebody, its occurrence with Dioptase in the Third Oxidation zone was a one off, and such specimens are now seldom encountered. The Wulfenite is characteristically an acidic chromate-yellow and on this large miniature forms at least nine crystallised occurrences, either as individual crystals or crystal clusters; the largest crystal is 5 mm wide and the largest cluster 1.2 cm wide. The Wulfenite nestles amongst a rich coverage of emerald-green Dioptase and snow-white Calcite crystals lining a 6 x 4 cm oval cavity in a typical light grey Dolomite. The Dioptase forms equant translucent crystals averaging 4 to 9 mm wide. A splendid specimen with the aesthetic and rare association of Wulfenite on Dioptase from the Tsumeb mine in Namibia and ex. the Dr Josef Clemente Collection of southern Germany.