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Descloizite

$900.00

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A superb miniature with excellent spear-point bladed crystals of Descloizite from what is unarguably the best locality for the species in the world. This specimen of sharp gemmy crystals, grown en echelon, has excellent luster and some very showy color at the terminations! It is, in my opinion, just a tremendous specimen for a species which is usually dismissed as dull and earthy. Anything but, it is one of the best Descloizites I have ever seen (and with one of the larger crystals of species for height). Ex. Gene Meieran collection to me, to Marty in the late 1990s.

Product details

SpeciesDescloizite
SizeMiniature
Dimensions3.6 x 3.1 x 0.9 cm
Listed on10/23/2024
LocalityNamibia, Otjozondjupa Region, Berg Aukas Mine
SKULTH-36

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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.