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Descloizite

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Aggregate of very lustrous, translucent crystals in the shape of spear tips.

Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein

12 cm x 9 cm x 8 cm


Published in "extraLapis # 47: Namibia"

Product details

Species
DescloiziteAbout Descloizite →
SizeCabinet
Dimensions12.0 x 9.0 x 8.0 cm
Added on11/10/2024
Locality
Namibia, Otjozondjupa Region, Berg Aukas MineRegional guide →

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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.