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Interesting Minerals: Tsumeb Mine
August 6, 2008 | THE-VUG.com

THE-VUG.com has a photo collection featuring interesting minerals of the Tsumeb Mine (Namibia) as photographed at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.

They have dozens of other photo collections from mineral show and museum exhibits.


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