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Descloizite

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A showy plate of very fine and undamaged Descloizite crystals with high lustre and of gemmy clove brown in transmitted light. From Berg Aukas mine in the Grootfontein District of Namibia, this is yet another example of the seemingly endless habits and associations Descloizite can take at this locality. The light grey carbonate matrix is completely coated with lozenge shaped tabular black to deep clove brown Descloizite crystals, all the larger crystals being about 0.9 x 0.8 cm. Many crystals have a preferential light coating of snow-white micro-Dolomite crystals. A stunning Descloizite from Berg Aukas.

Product details

Species
DescloiziteAbout Descloizite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.4 x 6.8 x 2.5 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
Namibia, Otjozondjupa Region, Berg Aukas MineRegional guide →
SKUCC8391

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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.