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

Descloizite from Namibia, Otjozondjupa Region, Berg Aukas Mine

the little calcite crystals are what make this piece for me.

Product details

SpeciesDescloizite, Calcite

SizeMiniature

Dimensions4.0 cm

Added on04/18/2026

LocalityNamibia, Otjozondjupa Region, Berg Aukas Mine

Current owner

Will Jessup

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

1 for sale·Member since 2024

Previous owners

Date	Collector	Acquisition price
—	Quebul Fine Minerals	Not disclosed

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Mineral guide

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

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.

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