Descloizite from Berg Aukas Mine, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia - image 1
Descloizite from Berg Aukas Mine, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia - image 2
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Descloizite from Berg Aukas Mine, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

$150.00

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A glittering cluster of vanadinite with descloizite atop it. There are some broken terminations on the display face, and it is contacted along the periphery. A classic locality for the species. Ex: Magnasco, San Mateo College

Product details

SpeciesDescloiziteVanadinite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions5.4 x 4.7 x 3.6 cm
Listed on09/16/2025
LocalityNamibia, Otjozondjupa Region, Berg Aukas Mine
SKU27006

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DanZ Rockshop
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Arvada, Colorado, USA
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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.
Locality guide
Berg Aukas Mine
Berg Aukas Mine, Namibia - a premier Otavi Mountainland locality famed for dark descloizite crystals, vanadates, and rich smithsonite, prized by collectors.