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Schorl on Feldspar

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Alexander Schauss
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Schorl on feldspar, 2.5 cm, from the Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia. Ex John B. Hawthorneden; Jeff Scovil photo.

Product details

Species
Feldspar, SchorlAbout Feldspar →
SizeThumbnail
Dimensions2.5 cm
Added on02/13/2026
Locality
Namibia, Erongo Region, Erongo MountainsRegional guide →
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Refined Elegance page 81

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
—John B. HawthornedenNot disclosed

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Feldspar
Mineral guide
Learn about Feldspar
diverse colors and forms from amazonite to moonstone; Alpine and pegmatite locales yield prized color, luster, and collecting appeal.
Feldspar
Regional guide
Feldspar from Erongo Mountains, Namibia
from the Erongo Mountains is not usually collected as a solitary show-off mineral in the way that a Colorado amazonite or an Alpine adularia is. Its importance is architectural. At Erongo, creamy white to tan feldspar builds the matrix, the sculptural framework, and often the visual contrast for some of Africa’s most recognizable pegmatite specimens: pale to saturated blue aquamarine, jet-black schorl, green and purple fluorite, smoky quartz, opal, muscovite, and the occasional rarer accessory. A good Erongo feldspar specimen can be quietly superb on its own, but the finest pieces are those where the feldspar gives the specimen its balance—blocky, twinned, etched, and light-colored beneath stronger colors.