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Descloizite

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An attractive display of arrow-like Descloizite crystals in parallel growth from the Berg Aukas mine in Namibia. Berg Aukas is the world capital of Descloizite, a basic lead and zinc vanadate, and the stacked black spears form organic-like structures of vertical fronds. Please note the termination on one vertical crystal group is cleaved-off, revealing its milk chocolate-brown interior. A lovely example of Descloizite on an earthy cream-tangerine vanadinite-rich matrix.

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Species
DescloiziteAbout Descloizite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions3.2 x 5.4 x 2.2 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
Namibia, Otjozondjupa Region, Berg Aukas MineRegional guide →
SKUCC15623

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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.