Descloizite from Namibia, Otjozondjupa Region, Berg Aukas Mine - image 1

Descloizite from Namibia, Otjozondjupa Region, Berg Aukas Mine

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Bram Denning
Bram Denning
Netherlands
0 for sale·Member since 2026

Product details

SpeciesDescloizite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions5.2 x 2.6 x 4.1 cm
Weight75 grams
Added on01/08/2026
LocalityNamibia, Otjozondjupa Region, Berg Aukas Mine

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
05/2014Bram DenningNot disclosed

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Descloizite
Mineral guide
Learn about Descloizite
lead-zinc vanadate with lustrous rosettes, black-to-brown tones, and warm translucence; top localities Otavi, Namibia and Ojuela, Mexico.
Descloizite
Regional guide
Descloizite from Berg Aukas Mine, Namibia
Berg Aukas descloizite is one of the great “species-defining” classics: the locality by which serious collectors judge descloizite. The best pieces have a sculptural, almost architectural presence—dark brown to nearly black spear-point crystals, glossy blades, jackstraw bundles, radiating rosettes, and sharply terminated clusters that can look metallic under a show lamp yet glow warm reddish brown along thinner edges. Many specimens sit in pleasing contrast on pale calcite, dolomite, smithsonite, or willemite-bearing matrix, giving the dark vanadate crystals the visual authority of black lacquer against limestone.