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Descloizite

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Conan & Dara Barker

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Descloizite, 15 cm, from Berg Aukas, Grootfontein, Namibia. Photo by Jeff Scovil.

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DescloiziteAbout Descloizite →

SizeCabinet

Dimensions15.0 cm

Added on02/13/2026

Locality

Namibia, Otjozondjupa Region, Berg Aukas MineRegional guide →

Publications

Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In California page 24

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Descloizite

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lead-zinc vanadate with lustrous rosettes, black-to-brown tones, and warm translucence; top localities Otavi, Namibia and Ojuela, Mexico.

Descloizite

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.