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Africa Minerals. Minerals From Southwest Africa. Cerussite colorless, white, gray, blue, or green . It is famous for its great sparkle, great density and amazing twinned crystals. Crystal system orthorhombic. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Africa Minerals

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MINERALS FROM SOUTHWEST AFRICA Cerussite colorless, white,

gray, blue, or green . It is famous for its great sparkle, great density and amazing twinned crystals.

Crystal system orthorhombic

Willemite Colorless to white, gray, flesh-red, dark brown, honey-yellow, apple-green, blue

Crystal system trigonal

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More Southwest Azurite is used occasionally as

beads and as jewelry, and also as an ornamental stone. However, its softness and tendency to lose its deep blue color as it weathers limit such uses.

Crystal system monoclinic prismatic

Jeremejevite Colors clear, white, yellowish, blue

Crystal system Hexagonal - Dipyramidal

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Minerals from south Africa Rhodochrosite Colors

Red to pink, Brown to yellow, gray to white.

Rhodochrosite is used as a manganese ore. It also can make for great changes in your love life

Crystal system Trifocal - Hexagonal Scalenohedral

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Minerals from moroccoVanadinite Along with carnotite and

roscoelite, vanadinite is one of the main industrial ores of the element vanadium, which can be extracted by roasting and smelting

Colour Bright red, orange-red, red-brown, brown, yellow, grey or colourless, may be concentrically zoned

Crystal system Hexagonal

Erythrite it can make a difference in your life

Colors Crimson to peach-red, pale rose, or pink, may be zoned

Crystal system- Monoclinic

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Ettringite is a beautiful and interesting mineral for collectorsColorless, pale yellow, milky white

Crystal system trigonal

Physically, Shetucket is a general health tonic, which can help to relieve a myriad of a minor

Shattuckite Color Dark and light blue, turquoise

Crystal system-orthorhombic

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Cerussite can make a difference in your life .

Color Colorless, white, gray, blue, or green

Crystal system Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal

Cuprite can also make a difference in your life. Help us out by sharing your opinion.

Color Dark red to conchineal red, sometimes almost black

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Diamond Color Typically yellow, brown or gray to colorless. Less often blue, green, black, translucent white, pink, violet, orange, purple and red.

Crystal system Isometric-Hexoctahedral (Cubic)

SmithsoniteColor White, grey, yellow, green to apple-green, blue, pink, purple, bluish grey, and brown .helps you deal with difficult relationships

Crystal systemTrigonal- Hexagonal Scalenohedral

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Erythrite It can bring harmony to communications and can impart responsiveness to the user

Crystal system Monoclinic - Prismatic

Color Crimson to peach-red, pale rose, or pink, may be zoned

MalachiteIn addition it may be used to help us understand the mechanics of illness on all levels of being; physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual

Color Bright green, dark green, blackish green, commonly banded in masses; green to yellowish green in transmitted light

Crystal system Monoclinic—prismatic

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Chalcanthite it can be used as an ore of copper. It is also helpful for disorders of the urinary and reproduction systems.

Color Berlin blue to sky-blue, greenish blue

Crystal systemTriclinic

Azurite can help control the flow of energy and bring just the right amount of it to any situation

Color Azure-blue, Berlin blue, very dark to pale blue; pale blue in transmitted light

Crystal system Monoclinic Prismatic