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Descloizite

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Descloizite is a mineral which never fails to amaze in its seemly endless habits and crystal forms. This specimen, from the Berg Aukas mine at Grootfontein in Namibia, is a mass of beautifully developed curved spear head crystals, typically to over 2 cm tall, all with stepped edges and prism faces. What makes this rather unusual is that each crystal is opaque metallic black with a brilliant lustre, but through the central section of each is a glassy and translucent chocolate-brown band, forming a vertical ribbon. This would make a terrific New Year addition for any collector of this remarkable species.

Product details

Species
DescloiziteAbout Descloizite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions5.2 x 6.4 x 3.8 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
Namibia, Otjozondjupa Region, Berg Aukas MineRegional guide →
SKUCC20288

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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.