Mineral Specimens - page 10
Africa (excl. Morocco) - Tsumeb

TF46AN2: Group of Elbaite crystals with very sharp crystal forms and excellent upper terminations. Transparent, very lustrous and with the base of the prism up to the middle of the crystal being pink with gradations in the color tones, and with the terminations being a uniform pale green.
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2020)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 1.65” × 0.63” × 0.47”

TZA64AP8: Elbaite crystal with very marked longitudinal parallel growth and excellent terminations, transparent, lustrous, red to pink in color in the prism and green in the area of the termination.
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2021)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 2 × 1.5 cm = 1.81” × 0.79” × 0.59”

TH43AH0: A novelty at Tucson 2018. Very sharp and aerial cubo-octahedral crystal, complete and on matrix, with Mica. It has two small contacts on the left side, recrystallized by the Carrollite itself. The sample is from a recent find of samples of a great quality.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 44 of the 2018/01 edition.
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2016-2017)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.8 × 1.8 cm = 0.94” × 0.71” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.9 cm = 0.75” × 0.75”

TB37AN1: Complete cubo-octahedral floater crystal of Carrollite, sharp, with octahedral faces predominating, very lustrous and with well defined crystal forms. To highlight a rare characteristic in the Carrollites of this deposit, the crystal is a complete floater with all its faces well developed.
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2016-2017)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.4 × 3.4 cm = 1.46” × 1.34” × 1.34”

TC47AN1: Complete cubo-octahedral floater crystal of Carrollite, sharp, with octahedral faces predominating, very lustrous and with well defined crystal forms. To highlight a rare characteristic in the Carrollites of this deposit, the crystal is a complete floater with all its faces well developed except at the base of the crystal which exhibits polycrystalline growths and remains of contact with the matrix and leafy Pyrophyllite crystals.
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2016-2017)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.8 × 3.3 cm = 1.61” × 1.50” × 1.30”

ETX27AO7: Group of deformed Carrollite crystals with the dominant defined forms of the rhombododecahedron, the cube and the octahedron. Lustrous and on a Calcite matrix.
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 2.3 × 2.9 cm = 2.01” × 0.91” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.4 cm = 1.18” × 0.55”

MJA53AP7: Botryoidal Malachite growths, very lustrous and deep in color, on matrix.
The specimen, very aesthetic, comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 2411), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Mutanda Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2014)

Specimen size: 13.8 × 12.2 × 8.8 cm = 5.43” × 4.80” × 3.46”

EJE73AQ0: New at Sainte-Marie 2023
A specimen that represents, apart from its evident aesthetics and its world novelty, a complete treatise on mineralogy, starting with a cobalt-bearing Dolomite (which has since disappeared during the process), followed by successive substitutions in which more copper was added, leaving as a final result Kolwezite-Malachite in pseudomorphic shapes after crystals of the initial cobalt-bearing Dolomite, and greenish blue Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after Baryte, with a stage of Malachite growth, also pseudomorphic after Baryte.
The discovery of this morphological and chemical complexity will soon be reported more extensively in an upcoming article in the French magazine Le Règne Minéral.
Tenke-Fungurume area, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (02-03/2023)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.4 × 3 cm = 1.46” × 1.34” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.31” × 0.24”

EJF73AQ0: New at Sainte-Marie 2023
A specimen that represents, apart from its evident aesthetics and its world novelty, a complete treatise on mineralogy, starting with a cobalt-bearing Dolomite (which has since disappeared during the process), followed by successive substitutions in which more copper was added, leaving as a final result Kolwezite-Malachite in pseudomorphic shapes after crystals of the initial cobalt-bearing Dolomite, and greenish blue Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after Baryte, with a stage of Malachite growth, also pseudomorphic after Baryte.
The discovery of this morphological and chemical complexity will soon be reported more extensively in an upcoming article in the French magazine Le Règne Minéral.
Tenke-Fungurume area, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (02-03/2023)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4 × 3.7 cm = 2.17” × 1.57” × 1.46”

EJD51AQ0: New at Sainte-Marie 2023
A specimen that represents, apart from its evident aesthetics and its world novelty, a complete treatise on mineralogy, starting with a cobalt-bearing Dolomite (which has since disappeared during the process), followed by successive substitutions in which more copper was added, leaving as a final result Kolwezite-Malachite in pseudomorphic shapes after crystals of the initial cobalt-bearing Dolomite, and greenish blue Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after Baryte, with a stage of Malachite growth, also pseudomorphic after Baryte.
The discovery of this morphological and chemical complexity will soon be reported more extensively in an upcoming article in the French magazine Le Règne Minéral.
Tenke-Fungurume area, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (02-03/2023)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 3.7 × 4.1 cm = 2.32” × 1.46” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

EJK66AQ0: New at Sainte-Marie 2023
A specimen that represents, apart from its evident aesthetics and its world novelty, a complete treatise on mineralogy, starting with a cobalt-bearing Dolomite (which has since disappeared during the process), followed by successive substitutions in which more copper was added, leaving as a final result Kolwezite-Malachite in pseudomorphic shapes after crystals of the initial cobalt-bearing Dolomite, and greenish blue Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after Baryte, with a stage of Malachite growth, also pseudomorphic after Baryte.
The discovery of this morphological and chemical complexity will soon be reported more extensively in an upcoming article in the French magazine Le Règne Minéral.
Tenke-Fungurume area, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (02-03/2023)

Specimen size: 9 × 6.5 × 5.5 cm = 3.54” × 2.56” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.31” × 0.24”

EJL93AQ0: New at Sainte-Marie 2023
A specimen that represents, apart from its evident aesthetics and its world novelty, a complete treatise on mineralogy, starting with a cobalt-bearing Dolomite (which has since disappeared during the process), followed by successive substitutions in which more copper was added, leaving as a final result Kolwezite-Malachite in pseudomorphic shapes after crystals of the initial cobalt-bearing Dolomite, and greenish blue Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after Baryte, with a stage of Malachite growth, also pseudomorphic after Baryte.
The discovery of this morphological and chemical complexity will soon be reported more extensively in an upcoming article in the French magazine Le Règne Minéral.
Tenke-Fungurume area, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (02-03/2023)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7 × 5 cm = 3.86” × 2.76” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.20” × 0.20”

MB67AF2: Very sharp octahedral Cuprite crystals. They are very bright, and have a very intense and deep red color visible under an intense light. The Cuprite esthetically contrasts with the white Calcite coating the vug on a rocky matrix.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5 × 4.4 cm = 2.56” × 1.97” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”

EGL54AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Group of very sharp Cuprite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with crystal forms of the octahedron and, to a lesser extent, of the cube. With finely polycrystalline striations, translucent, with an intense red color by transmitted light, on matrix partially covered by Chrysocolla, which in turn is covered by Malachite microcrystals.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 9 × 6.9 × 5.7 cm = 3.54” × 2.72” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.47”

DM49AC8: Aggregate of very well defined Dioptase crystals. They are aerial, translucent, and bright. They have a very deep color and are on a rocky matrix partially coated by fibrous Plancheite aggregates. The crystals have a better luster and color than usual for the locality.
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.2 × 4.2 cm = 2.20” × 1.65” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.4 cm = 0.47” × 0.16”

SV3190NBJ: Good aesthetics and magnificent luster. Another one of Miguel David Martínez's excellent choices for his collection.
We will send the label (number 826) to the buyer of the piece.
Sakoany deposit, Katsepy Commune, Mitsinjo District, Boeny Region, Mahajanga (Majunga) Province  Madagascar

Specimen size: 10.7 × 7.7 × 5.6 cm = 4.21” × 3.03” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2 cm = 0.94” × 0.79”

SM480GHV: Celestine crystal geode with sharp crystal forms, transparent, with bright luster and an intense sky-blue color. A classic from Madagascar that comes to us from the Pedro Goy collection.
Sakoany deposit, Katsepy Commune, Mitsinjo District, Boeny Region, Mahajanga (Majunga) Province  Madagascar (±1980)

Specimen size: 13 × 10.2 × 7.3 cm = 5.12” × 4.02” × 2.87”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.8 cm = 1.18” × 1.10”

TMR96AO8: Floater doubly terminated crystal with a polycrystalline upper termination, very well defined faces and edges, translucent, with good luster and an intense color.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Antsirabé, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province  Madagascar

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm = 0.87” × 0.51” × 0.51”

TB87AH0: A novelty at Tucson 2018. A group of Fluorite crystal cubes between translucent and transparent, with white inclusions, a very deep green color and marine-blue dichroism, clearly visible in sunlight. The locality is totally new and, even though Madagascar is a well-known mineralogical paradise, there were no more references to Fluorite occurrences other than the small crystals included in Quartz from Mandronarivo.
Mandronarivo area, Beroroha District, Atsimo-Andrefana Region  Madagascar (08-11/2017)

Specimen size: 15.8 × 12.4 × 6.8 cm = 6.22” × 4.88” × 2.68”

Main crystal size: 5 × 3 cm = 1.97” × 1.18”

TY87AM0: Group on matrix of large cubic crystals of Fluorite, translucent, with a very deep green color and slightly bicolor navy blue. This locality was little known until 2018 and, despite being very prolific, it has produced very few pieces of this quality and this size of crystal.
Mandronarivo area, Beroroha District, Atsimo-Andrefana Region  Madagascar (08-11/2017)

Specimen size: 17.1 × 7.2 × 10.2 cm = 6.73” × 2.83” × 4.02”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 5.7 cm = 2.44” × 2.24”

MY87AE2: A novelty at Tucson 2016. An isolated crystal, translucent, bright, with a uniform and intense bluish-green color, with very well defined and deeply striated prismatic faces for the species. Of an excellent quality for this rare silicate.
Grandidierite deposit, Tranomaro Commune, Tranomaro-Maromby area, Amboasary District, Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Toliara Province (Tuléar)  Madagascar (05-12/2015)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.2 × 1 cm = 0.94” × 0.87” × 0.39”

TG29AD0: A novelty at Tucson 2016. An isolated crystal on matrix. It is translucent, bright, with a uniform and intense bluish-green color and with very well defined prismatic faces. Of an excellent quality for this rare silicate.
Grandidierite deposit, Tranomaro Commune, Tranomaro-Maromby area, Amboasary District, Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Toliara Province (Tuléar)  Madagascar (05-12/2015)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.02” × 1.02” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.98” × 0.55”

TR49AD0: A novelty at Tucson 2016. An isolated crystal on matrix. It is translucent, bright, with a uniform and intense bluish-green color and with very well defined prismatic faces. Of an excellent quality for this rare silicate.
Grandidierite deposit, Tranomaro Commune, Tranomaro-Maromby area, Amboasary District, Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Toliara Province (Tuléar)  Madagascar (05-12/2015)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.4 × 0.8 cm = 1.10” × 0.94” × 0.31”

TC71AD0: A novelty at Tucson 2016. Parallel growth, on matrix, of translucent and bright crystals with a uniform bluish green color and with very well defined prismatic faces. Of an excellent quality for this rare silicate.
Grandidierite deposit, Tranomaro Commune, Tranomaro-Maromby area, Amboasary District, Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Toliara Province (Tuléar)  Madagascar (05-12/2015)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.6 × 2.3 cm = 1.57” × 1.02” × 0.91”

TC69AD0: A novelty at Tucson 2016. Parallel growth, on matrix, of translucent and very bright crystals with a uniform and intense bluish green color and with very well defined prismatic faces. Of an excellent quality for this rare silicate.
Grandidierite deposit, Tranomaro Commune, Tranomaro-Maromby area, Amboasary District, Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Toliara Province (Tuléar)  Madagascar (05-12/2015)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.3 × 2.5 cm = 2.20” × 1.30” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1.8 cm = 1.57” × 0.71”

TC67J3: Group of crystals from the August 2004, find. The aggregate is very attractive and we note the clearness of the crystals, the color and luster and, especially, the existence of twins formed by the contact of two rhombohedrons.
Basalt Quarry, Ambariomiambana, Sambava District, Sava Region  Madagascar (08/2004)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4 × 3.7 cm = 2.64” × 1.57” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 3 cm = 1.77” × 1.18”

EMP70AP0: Large doubly terminated Beryl crystal, with very sharp crystal forms and distinct terminations. One termination exhibits polycrystalline growths and the opposite face shows contacts. It is very rich in faces, translucent, and a dense bluish green in color (aquamarine variety).
This specimen comes from the Claude Guyot collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Manakana, Vohambohitra pegmatite, Tsaratanàna District, Betsiboka Region, Mahajanga (Majunga) Province  Madagascar

Specimen size: 21 × 5.4 × 4.4 cm = 8.27” × 2.13” × 1.73”

SV2110TDR: Floater crystal of Corundum with a very marked pseudo-hexagonal outline and a very deep and uniform mauve color, flattened, with triangular growth striations and remnants of Mica matrix.
The specimen was set in a jewelry-type box with a handwritten label from an unknown collection attached, which will be delivered to the buyer of the piece.
  Madagascar

Specimen size: 1.1 × 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.43” × 0.39” × 0.12”

SV290MXR: Very sharp doubly terminated Tremolite crystal, with rounded faces and edges in the upper termination, very lustrous and transparent and implanted in a cavity of a calc-silicate rock with abundant small colorless crystals which are also Tremolite. An interesting perfectly crystallized amphibole, something not very common for a mineral species like Tremolite.
The species has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
  Madagascar

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.6 × 4.4 cm = 3.23” × 2.20” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.59” × 0.43”

TFA67AP9: Doubly terminated floater Fluor-liddicoatite crystal, with the lower termination poorly defined, even crude, but complete, and the upper one with the faces of a sharp pyramid. The crystal is between transparent and translucent, so it needs a strong light to show the intense red color that is dominant throughout the crystal, with yellow areas with golden reflections on the terminations.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send the buyer a copy of the analysis.
  Madagascar

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.83” × 0.55” × 0.43”

MA27AL7: Andradite crystals (demantoid variety) of good size and with a balance between trapezohedron and rhombododecahedron faces. Between transparent and translucent, with good luster and a very intense and uniform green color. On matrix, with aggregates of small Calcite crystals.
Antetezambato outcrop, Antetezambato, Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Antsiranana Province  Madagascar (2010)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.4 × 4.7 cm = 2.60” × 2.13” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.1 cm = 0.67” × 0.43”

MT86AL3: Andradite crystals (demantoid variety) of good size with equally developed trapezohedral and rhombododecahedral forms, between transparent and translucent, lustrous and with an intense and uniform green color. On matrix, with aggregates of small Calcite crystals.
Antetezambato outcrop, Antetezambato, Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Antsiranana Province  Madagascar (2010)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.9 × 2.9 cm = 3.39” × 2.32” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.51”

TQ94Q0: A novelty at Tucson 2010. Druse on matrix of crystals very rich of faces, with the dominant forms of the dodecahedron and the trapezohedron and brown color, slightly greenish. Their luster is extraordinary and they are with small white concretions of Stilbite. The Topazolite variety has been well defined on this kind of samples and this will be reflected in a future article in The Mineralogical Record.
Antetezambato outcrop, Antetezambato, Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Antsiranana Province  Madagascar (05-06/2009)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.2 × 2.9 cm = 3.43” × 2.83” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.59” × 0.47”

JRM10AN8: Parallel growth of very sharp and lustrous complex Aegirine crystals with perfect terminations. Given its morphological rarity, the specimen has been analyzed, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District  Malawi

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.6 × 6.3 cm = 3.62” × 2.60” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 6.6 × 3.9 cm = 2.60” × 1.54”

MF48AK7: New in Munich 2019: Parallel growth of well defined and doubly terminated white Eudidymite crystals on matrix, associated with smoky Quartz and Aegirine crystals. Eudidymite is a species that very rarely occurs in sharp well-terminated crystals and that is why the specimens from this find are so exceptional. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mount Malosa (Northwest side), Zomba District  Malawi (09/2019)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.26” × 0.98” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.16”

EP66AG9: A single floater crystal that has extraordinarily well defined faces and edges. It is translucent, white and has small black acicular crystals on its base. Due to the singularity and perfection of the crystal it has been analyzed to positively identify the species. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Machinga, Machinga District  Malawi (02/2017)

Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.6 × 0.9 cm = 0.63” × 0.63” × 0.35”

TRR37AQ1: Druse of very sharp dodecahedral Grossular crystals, translucent, with good luster and orange color and on a matrix covered by lamellar Chlorite crystals.
The specimen comes from finds from the year 2023 in the Kayes region.
Koukouri diggins, Trantimou, Commune Diakon, Arrondissement Diakon, Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes Region  Mali (2023)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.4 × 1.7 cm = 2.05” × 0.94” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.24” × 0.24”

TB67AF6: Group of dark green (almost black), doubly terminated, very aerial Epidote crystals that are partially coated by small white crystals, most of them doubly terminated, of Stilbite-Ca.
The sample is from the Vallecillo collection, Madrid.
Commune Diakon, Arrondissement Diakon, Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes Region  Mali

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.5 × 5.4 cm = 3.86” × 2.95” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 7 × 2.5 cm = 2.76” × 0.98”

TA91AL5: Perimorphic growth of Prehnite crystals with defined crystal forms, translucent and of a vivid and uniform green color. The Prehnite maintains the outline of the Anhydrite crystal on which it was formed, which later disappeared.
The specimen comes from the Rock Currier collection (no. 7271), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Bendougou village, Commune Diakon, Arrondissement Diakon, Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes Region  Mali

Specimen size: 12.5 × 7.8 × 4.6 cm = 4.92” × 3.07” × 1.81”

NX51AH2: A novelty at Munich 2017. Parallel growths of 'lepidolite' crystals pseudomorphous after Elbaite. They are bright with a rich pink color, with channels and other dissolution forms and with the crystalline remains of Elbaite (verdelite variety) on the upper end.
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha pegmatite, Zambezia Province  Mozambique (07/2017)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 3.8 × 3.7 cm = 4.13” × 1.50” × 1.46”

TTV96AP8: Complete floater crystal, doubly terminated with complex terminations, between transparent and translucent, lustrous, and green in the prism and pink in the area of the termination.
Of much better quality and transparency than is usual in this deposit.
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha pegmatite, Zambezia Province  Mozambique (2002)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 4.17” × 0.79” × 0.63”

TMP13AN4: Scepter growth of two transparent Quartz crystals (amethyst variety), with very good luster and distinct color zoning.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1 × 0.8 cm = 1.06” × 0.39” × 0.31”

TP99AM8: Doubly terminated Schorl crystal on matrix, with sharp crystal forms, excellent terminations and polycrystalline growths on the prism, which has very good luster.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 12.2 × 4.4 × 3.1 cm = 4.80” × 1.73” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 11.1 × 3 cm = 4.37” × 1.18”

TP66AF0: Scepter growth of an octahedral Fluorite crystal with polycrystalline growths on its faces. It is bright, between transparent and translucent, and has a pale green color, more intense at the base. The sample was from Charles Key.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.6 × 1.7 cm = 0.94” × 0.63” × 0.67”

TM48AF0: Scepter growth of an octahedral Fluorite crystal with polycrystalline growths on its faces. It is bright, between transparent and translucent, has a pale green color and it is on a irregular Fluorite base that has a deeper and more intense green color. The sample was from Charles Key.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.4 × 2.8 cm = 1.42” × 0.94” × 1.10”

SV2170CXA: Arborescent growth formed by well-defined Copper crystals showing dominant dodecahedral shapes of intense color and luster.
From a classic locality in Namibia, the specimen comes from the collection of duplicates of Carles Curto (number 1978.20), whose digital record we will send to the buyer.
Onganja (Emke) Mine, Helen Farm 235, Onganja mining area, Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.3 × 1.5 cm = 2.17” × 1.30” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.35” × 0.20”

XM2560BFT: Large pineapple-like groups of thick terminated Descloizite crystals, with good luster and dark brown color tones, and of great size.
It comes from a classic deposit for the species, Berg Aukas, in Namibia, mined until 1978 for zinc, lead and vanadium.


Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 11.4 × 11.2 × 7 cm = 4.49” × 4.41” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2 cm = 1.46” × 0.79”

BRM88AP1: Descloizite crystal groups much more flattened and sharp than usual in the deposit. Translucent on the edges, shiny, and on matrix.
The specimen, a classic of great quality, comes from an important European collection.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 14.2 × 8.3 × 4.6 cm = 5.59” × 3.27” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”

TM27AB5: Aggregate, on matrix, of translucent rhombohedral Smithsonite crystals with a deep brown color and slightly orange shades. A classic from Namibia with great quality.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.2 × 2.9 cm = 1.89” × 1.65” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”

NY77AL5: Aggregate of sharp Smithsonite crystals with a rhombohedral habit, between translucent and transparent and much brighter than usual in Smithsonite. A Namibian classic from a historic locality.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 5 × 4.3 × 2.9 cm = 1.97” × 1.69” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.51”

TGR69AO5: Druse of flattened rhombohedral Smithsonite crystals, almost lenticular, very sharp, translucent, with good luster and a uniform pale cream color.
Great quality for Berg Aukas.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.2 × 3 cm = 2.28” × 2.05” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.8 cm = 0.59” × 0.31”

MD99AL4: Group of cubo-octahedral crystals with sharp faces and edges, between transparent and translucent, lustrous and deep green color with fine zones in shades of violet parallel to the edges of the crystals. Some areas of the specimen are partially covered by small white Calcite crystals.
The specimen, which comes from the Peter Rosewarne collection was previously in the Claus Hedegaard collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 8.8 × 7.5 × 3.2 cm = 3.46” × 2.95” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 5.6 × 5.1 cm = 2.20” × 2.01”

TT27AF1: Group of crystals, some of them partially doubly terminated, with very well defined phantom growths of red Hematite inclusions. They have an amethystine nucleus visible under a strong light.
Orange River, Warmbad, Karasburg District, ǁKaras Region  Namibia (± 1980)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.7 × 5.3 cm = 1.89” × 1.46” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.67”

EFM47AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Group of Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very sharp crystal forms, with a relatively short prism, translucent and with a very deep intense violet color, on a base of white Quartz. The specimen comes from a find made in a locality practically unknown to date.
Berjé, Aïr Massif, Agadez Region  Niger (08/2021)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.2 × 4.6 cm = 3.23” × 2.05” × 1.81”

EBM37AO7: New discovery at Ste. Marie 2022, new locality for Beryl (variety emerald)
As explained in emeralds of Niger, although their color is not intense, the presence of Cr and V accredits them as emeralds. In its favor its transparency and good crystallographic forms and being a previously unknown locality.
Taraouadji Mountains, Aïr Massif, Agadez Region  Niger (04/2022)

Specimen size: 1.4 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.55” × 0.24” × 0.20”

EFM88AO7: New discovery at Ste. Marie 2022, new locality for Beryl (variety emerald)
As explained in emeralds of Niger, although their color is not intense, the presence of Cr and V accredits them as emeralds. In its favor its transparency and good crystallographic forms and being a previously unknown locality.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Ste. Marie 2022, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 166, July-August 2022, page 47
Taraouadji Mountains, Aïr Massif, Agadez Region  Niger (04/2022)

Specimen size: 1.6 × 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.63” × 0.31” × 0.24”

EGR46AN4: New discovery: very aerial floater group of very sharp platy crystals of Chalcocite, with a pseudo-hexagonal outline, lustrous, with parallel and polycrystalline growths.
The specimen, of high quality for the species, comes from new workings in the M'Passa area where a group of small mines used to yield, in their glorious past, specimens with big sharp crystals. With the cessation of exploitation in the 1980s, that glory was lost, but fortunately it has now returned with specimens as magnificent as those and, moreover, with a great variety of crystallographic habits.
M'Passa Mines, Mindouli District, Pool Department  Republic of the Congo (2021)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.17” × 2.05” × 1.22”

ERB96AN4: New discovery: very aerial group of Chalcocite crystals, huge for the species, between platy and tabular, very sharp, with a pseudo-hexagonal outline and great luster.
This specimen, of high quality for the species, comes from new workings in the M'Passa area where a group of small mines used to produce, in their glorious past, specimens with large sharp crystals. With the closure of the workings in the 1980s, that glory was lost, although fortunately it has now returned with specimens as magnificent as those and, moreover, with a great variety of crystallographic habits.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What's New' section, report 61, August 30, 2021 edition, page 10
M'Passa Mines, Mindouli District, Pool Department  Republic of the Congo (2021)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5 × 1.2 cm = 2.60” × 1.97” × 0.47”

TXX47AP9: Group of Dioptase crystals on matrix, with a prismatic habit and the terminations of an acute rhombohedron. Very lustrous, with very deep color.
Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department  Republic of the Congo

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3 × 2.4 cm = 1.34” × 1.18” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.06” × 0.83”

TJB67AP9: Group of Dioptase crystals on matrix, with a prismatic habit and the terminations of an acute rhombohedron. Very lustrous, with very deep color.
Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department  Republic of the Congo

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.9 × 2.1 cm = 1.65” × 1.14” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.43” × 0.31”

TXX97AP9: Group of Dioptase crystals on matrix, one of them clearly dominant, with a prismatic habit and acute rhombohedral terminations. Very lustrous, with very deep color.
Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department  Republic of the Congo

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.1 × 2.5 cm = 2.40” × 1.61” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.87” × 0.47”

TR93AF6: Druse of rhombohedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges, extraordinarily bright and on matrix.
The sample is from the Vallecillo collection, Madrid.
Renéville, Kindanba District, Pool Department  Republic of the Congo

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5 × 2.5 cm = 2.83” × 1.97” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.63” × 0.55”

XM2290MEE: V-shaped twin of sharp and lustrous Cerussite crystals, with polycrystalline terminations and remnants of a matrix formed of iron oxides. It comes from a Congolese mining district which produces lead, zinc and, to a lesser extent, copper.


M'Fouati, M'Fouati District, Bouenza Department  Republic of the Congo (2022)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.9 × 2.8 cm = 2.20” × 1.54” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 5.1 × 2.7 cm = 2.01” × 1.06”

XM2230MLM: Group of Cerussite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, twinned, very sharp and lustrous, between transparent and translucent, with external staining and iron oxide inclusions.
It comes from a Congolese mining district which produces lead, zinc and, to a lesser extent, copper.
M'Fouati, M'Fouati District, Bouenza Department  Republic of the Congo (2022)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm = 2.64” × 1.10” × 0.87”

MFB86AP3: Dioptase crystals, in groups and isolated, some of them doubly terminated, very lustrous and in matrix, on slightly smoky Quartz crystals and partially covered by brown Cerussite crystals, distinctive of the locality.
M'Fouati, M'Fouati District, Bouenza Department  Republic of the Congo (2022)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.2 × 4.8 cm = 2.91” × 2.05” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.43” × 0.20”

MLT67AP3: Group of Dioptase crystals, some of them doubly terminated and large, on matrix, with bright blue Plancheite. The specimen comes from a very little known locality.
The Plancheite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ngouedi mission village, Loutete, Mouyondzi District, Bouenza Department  Republic of the Congo (2022)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 5.8 × 2.9 cm = 3.74” × 2.28” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 1.6 cm = 1.50” × 0.63”

MJK97AP3: Dioptase crystals, isolated or in small groups, more elongated than usual in the species and many of them doubly terminated, extraordinarily lustrous and on matrix. On Quartz and associated with Plancheite. The specimen comes from a very little known locality.
The Plancheite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ngouedi mission village, Loutete, Mouyondzi District, Bouenza Department  Republic of the Congo (2022)

Specimen size: 21 × 10.2 × 5.2 cm = 8.27” × 4.02” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.2 cm = 0.43” × 0.08”

TPA99AP2: Druse of very lustrous equant crystals of Dioptase, with a very vivid color and with lamellar crystals of Wulfenite with coatings of Pyromorphite microcrystals.
The Pyromorphite has been analyzed and the results were a surprise because until now these coatings had been called Cerussite! We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
M'Fouati, M'Fouati District, Bouenza Department  Republic of the Congo

Specimen size: 6 × 4.6 × 4.4  cm = 2.36” × 1.81” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”

TBM98AP2: Druse, on matrix, of Hemimorphite crystals with recognizable crystal shapes, translucent and pale blue. From a classic locality, but one with few quality specimens.
This specimen comes from the collection of D. Colin, whose label we will send to the buyer.
M'Fouati Mine, M'Fouati, M'Fouati District, Bouenza Department  Republic of the Congo

Specimen size: 11.4 × 9.7 × 7.4 cm = 4.49” × 3.82” × 2.91”

XM70ED: Fanlike groups of snowy white acicular crystals of Bultfonteinite replacing the faces of short elongated crystals of Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) which has a pseudocubic habit. In some cases the replacement is deeper and forms a more or less complete pseudomorph of the preexisting Hydroxyapophyllite-(K). All are on a matrix of clear, complex, crystals of Calcite.
We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the piece.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.1 × 1.7 cm = 1.30” × 1.22” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.43”

MT27AC8: Very aerial aggregate of laminar Shigaite crystals. They are bright and transparent, with a color between yellow and orange, and have a considerable size for the species. The Shigaite, on matrix, is implated on a botryoidal Rhodochrosite aggregate and it is with crystalline Siderite. Not bad for the species.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2016, page 80
N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2007)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 3.8 × 3.6 cm = 2.80” × 1.50” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”

TZM63AN8: A complex floater crystal of Hematite, very rich in crystal forms and extraordinarily shiny.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 2 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.67” × 0.47”

TJ88AL5: Thick tabular Hematite crystal, very sharp, shiny and rich in faces.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 3 × 2.3 × 1 cm = 1.18” × 0.91” × 0.39”

XM150TJ: Parallel and scepter growth of doubly terminated crystals, very lustrous, transparent, and with an intense smoky color, on a group of very elongated white Quartz crystals.
Steinkopf, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (08/2010)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.97” × 1.22” × 0.87”

TM46S1: A novelty at Tucson 2011. Sceptered, and partially windowed growth of transparent crystals, very bright in deep smoky shades and on a parallel group of crystals of white Quartz.
Steinkopf, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (08/2010)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 2.8 × 2.4 cm = 2.44” × 1.10” × 0.94”

SV2110TXJ: Brilliant botryoidal Malachite aggregates of deep green tones, with remnants of the enclosing concretion that is distinguished by lighter greenish tones, with Azurite aggregates, especially visible on the back face.
The specimen, which is from a known African locality but one from which quality specimens are rare, comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and is accompanied by a handwritten label, which will be delivered to the buyer of the piece.
Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape  South Africa

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.1 × 3 cm = 1.30” × 1.22” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”

EG6K9: Excellent miniature. The prismatic crystals are similar to a wheatsheaf with good brilliance and color. On rocky matrix.
N'Chwaning II Mine, section 5 south, stope 46-47 roof, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (01/2002)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2 × 1.4 cm = 0.98” × 0.79” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.47” × 0.31”

TLF86AN9: Sheaf-like growth of Olmiite crystals with well defined faces and edges, with good luster and a pale brown color, on matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2 × 2.1 cm = 1.06” × 0.79” × 0.83”

EC97AK3: Group of crystals of short prismatic habit, well developed, of good size for the species, translucent and lustrous, color between pink and reddish, as was typical of the first finds of this species.
N'Chwaning II Mine, section 5 south, stope 46-47 roof, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (01/2002)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.8 × 2.1 cm = 1.26” × 1.10” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.20” × 0.20”

EC63R1: Fanlike groups of snowy white acicular crystals of Bultfonteinite replacing the faces of short elongated crystals of Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) which has a pseudocubic habit. In some cases the replacement is deeper and forms a more or less complete pseudomorph of the preexisting Hydroxyapophyllite-(K). All are on a matrix of clear, complex, crystals of Calcite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the piece.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2006)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.7 × 2.9 cm = 1.34” × 1.06” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.28” × 0.28”

EV13R1: Fanlike groups of snowy white acicular crystals of Bultfonteinite replacing the faces of short elongated crystals of Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) which has a pseudocubic habit. In some cases the replacement is deeper and forms a more or less complete pseudomorph of the preexisting Hydroxyapophyllite-(K). All are on a matrix of clear, complex, crystals of Calcite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the piece.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2006)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.3 × 2 cm = 1.38” × 1.30” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”

EW26R1: Fanlike groups of snowy white acicular crystals of Bultfonteinite replacing the faces of short elongated crystals of Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) which has a pseudocubic habit. In some cases the replacement is deeper and forms a more or less complete pseudomorph of the preexisting Hydroxyapophyllite-(K). All are on a matrix of clear, complex, crystals of Calcite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the piece.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 51 in number 2011/1
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2006)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.61” × 1.02” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”

EV12R1: Fanlike groups of snowy white acicular crystals of Bultfonteinite replacing the faces of short elongated crystals of Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) which has a pseudocubic habit. In some cases the replacement is deeper and forms a more or less complete pseudomorph of the preexisting Hydroxyapophyllite-(K). All are on a matrix of clear, complex, crystals of Calcite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the piece.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2006)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.6 × 3 cm = 1.65” × 1.02” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.31” × 0.24”

ER14R1: Fanlike groups of snowy white acicular crystals of Bultfonteinite replacing the faces of short elongated crystals of Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) which has a pseudocubic habit. In some cases the replacement is deeper and forms a more or less complete pseudomorph of the preexisting Hydroxyapophyllite-(K). All are on a matrix of clear, complex, crystals of Calcite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the piece.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2006)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.4 × 3.7 cm = 1.73” × 1.34” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

EH16R1: Fanlike groups of snowy white acicular crystals of Bultfonteinite replacing the faces of short elongated crystals of Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) which has a pseudocubic habit. In some cases the replacement is deeper and forms a more or less complete pseudomorph of the preexisting Hydroxyapophyllite-(K). All are on a matrix of clear, complex, crystals of Calcite.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2006)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.85” × 1.06” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

EK26R1: Fanlike groups of snowy white acicular crystals of Bultfonteinite replacing the faces of short elongated crystals of Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) which has a pseudocubic habit. In some cases the replacement is deeper and forms a more or less complete pseudomorph of the preexisting Hydroxyapophyllite-(K). All are on a matrix of clear, complex, crystals of Calcite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the piece.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2006)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.85” × 1.34” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.55” × 0.55”

ETV89AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Zoisite crystal (tanzanite variety) with very sharp crystal forms, with fine parallel growths and deep hopper faces, transparent to translucent, very lustrous, and with an intense, deep and uniform lavender-blue color.
Merelani mines, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania

Specimen size: 3 × 2 × 1.2 cm = 1.18” × 0.79” × 0.47”

TC13FA: Very sharp Fluorite crystals, with distinctly stepped faces, transparent, shiny, pale lilac in color with geometric zoning of greater intensity on the edges. On matrix, with scalenohedral Calcite crystals. The specimen comes from the Jan Buma collection (number 971104) whose collection file we will send to the buyer.
Hammam-Zriba Mine, Zriba, Zaghouan Governorate  Tunisia

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.2 × 3 cm = 2.24” × 2.05” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.26” × 0.87”

TK37AL8: Group of very sharp dipyramidal Libethenite crystals with well defined faces and edges, shiny and with a very deep green color, almost black.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the James (Jim) Minette collection.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section, report 57, August 30, 2020 edition, page 5

Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Mindola pit, Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province  Zambia

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.91” × 0.63” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”

EC36AL8: Scepter growth of a transparent Quartz crystal with good luster and phantom growths, abundant inclusions and a very vivid amethyst color with smoky colored areas distributed irregularly in the crystal. Of the best possible quality for the locality, which is not very well known.
Chibuku Mine, Zambezi Valley, Mashonaland West  Zimbabwe (2018)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 1.85” × 0.71” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 0.91” × 0.71”

EG66AL8: Scepter growth of a transparent Quartz crystal very shiny, with phantom growths, abundant inclusions and a very vivid color, between dominant smoky tones and amethyst violet irregularly distributed in the crystal. On a doubly terminated crystal of colorless Quartz with abundant inclusions. Of the best possible quality for the locality, which is not very well known.
Chibuku Mine, Zambezi Valley, Mashonaland West  Zimbabwe (2018)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 2.1 × 1.4 cm = 2.91” × 0.83” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.51”

SV280CTF: Group of Mottramite crystals with a dark green color and velvety appearance showing cavities which Calcite crystals have taken advantage of to develop, one of them very visible, forming defined faces and edges, with a soft pink color.
The specimen comes from the collection of duplicates of Carles Curto No. 1982.33, whose digital catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia (±1982)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2 × 1.7 cm = 1.10” × 0.79” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.16”

LR86AK7: Very elongated crystals of Mimetite, with excellent terminations, transparent, lustrous, intense yellow, on matrix.
This piece is from the collection of Philippe Morelon (No. 1100) whose label we will send to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 3 × 2.2 × 1.4 cm = 1.18” × 0.87” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.12” × 0.04”

EA28X5: Polycrystalline “bundled” growths of crystals with acute pyramidal micro-terminations. They are bright, have a clear yellow color and are on matrix.
The sample is from the collection of Claus Hedegaard, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 9 × 5.5 × 5 cm = 3.54” × 2.17” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”

HM80TQ: Group of very sharp Azurite crystals, with a bright luster and very vivid color and partially covered by small white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2 × 2.1 cm = 1.14” × 0.79” × 0.83”

EP99AG3: Group of complex Azurite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges, bright and with a very deep color with vivid reflections and transparencies. A classic from Tsumeb.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia (1975)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.1 × 1.9 cm = 1.34” × 1.22” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.7 cm = 1.06” × 0.67”

EE46X6: Floater group of crystals that have very well defined faces and edges and well marked parallel growths, an uncommon shape for Tsumeb Azurite. The sample is from the Claus Hedegaard, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.54” × 1.46” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.87” × 0.47”

TTM49AP2: Druse of very sharp and lustrous Azurite crystals with an acute prismatic shape, translucent, and on matrix.
A good Tsumeb classic.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 10.9 × 6.3 × 4.2 cm = 4.29” × 2.48” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.2 cm = 0.35” × 0.08”

TL48AJ4: Parallel growth, on matrix, of very sharp Malachite (after Azurite) crystals. They have a silky luster and as an added feature there are small, very bright Azurite crystals. A classic from Tsumeb, very esthetic, that is from the Lee Hogg collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 1.61” × 0.98” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2 cm = 1.34” × 0.79”

TR73AJ3: Groups of Malachite crystals (after octahedral Cuprite), coated by a late phase of Malachite microcrystals. They are on a Calcite matrix. Pseudomorphs of Malachite after Cuprite are very uncommon at Tsumeb, and even more so with such large crystals.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.7 × 3.7 cm = 2.40” × 2.24” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”

MC51AK7: Sharp group of pseudomorphic Malachite after doubly terminated Azurite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very marked polycrystalline growths.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 8.8 × 4.7 × 2.9 cm = 3.46” × 1.85” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 8.2 × 2.1 cm = 3.23” × 0.83”

TM93AK7: Malachite pseudomorphic after a group of Azurite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, large, and doubly terminated, with Cerussite, on matrix.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 10.2 × 7.2 × 3.7 cm = 4.02” × 2.83” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 9.8 × 4.2 cm = 3.86” × 1.65”

TFB48AN9: Druse of small rhombohedral Smithsonite crystals that are very sharp, lustrous, and have a reddish color that is quite rare for Tsumeb specimens.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 8.9 × 5.6 × 4.1 cm = 3.50” × 2.20” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

EC61V9: Very aerial, transparent and bright, twinned crystal. It is implanted on a Quartz matrix rich in small clear green crystals of Smithsonite.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4 × 4.3 cm = 2.28” × 1.57” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2.8 cm = 1.57” × 1.10”

ENX98AP2: Cyclic twins of very sharp, transparent and lustrous smoky-colored Cerussite crystals, on matrix, with pale green Duftite microcrystal coatings.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 6 × 4.1 × 3.3 cm = 2.36” × 1.61” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.59”

MM49AJ0: Group of Tennantite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges, with the forms of a tetrahedron and dodecahedron, and with small, white, Dolomite
A classic from Tsumeb that was in the Enrique Moës collection.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.1 × 3.9 cm = 2.52” × 2.01” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 3.3 cm = 1.73” × 1.30”

TJ87AF6: Arborescent growth of native Copper crystals on matrix, with small octahedral Cuprite crystals which are very bright and intensely red. The Copper has coatings of Calcite and Malachite.
The sample is from the Vallecillo collection, Madrid.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 9.5 × 6.3 × 3.8 cm = 3.74” × 2.48” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”

TK50V9: Aggregate of tabular crystals very rich in infrequent crystalline forms. Their color is between yellow and orange; they are bright, between translucent and transparent and have a considerable size for the locality. Although the crystals could appear damaged, they are complete, as the 3D version of the image we offer shows.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.6 × 2.9 cm = 1.85” × 1.81” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.3 cm = 1.02” × 0.91”

MR6AC9: Single Cerussite crystal with slightly curved faces and edges, translucent, with a rough aspect on its faces, on matrix with minor Malachite and small yellow Mimetite crystals. The sample is from the Desmond Sacco collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 9.1 × 8.9 × 6.2 cm = 3.58” × 3.50” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.6 cm = 1.18” × 1.02”

TF50AC2: Small crystals, very bright, formed by the prism and acute rhombohedral terminations. They selectively occupy the surfaces of some of the faces of the white Calcite rhombohedrons on the matrix.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia (±1975)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.9 × 2.9 cm = 2.44” × 2.32” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

MX16W1: Group of translucent and very bright crystals that combine the forms of a quite flattened rhombohedron and a very short prism. This combination creates an unexpected and curious shape, quite similar to a pyritohedron. The sample is from the Desmond Sacco collection, whose label we'll send to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia (1970-1985)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.34” × 1.34” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”

TX16R0: Parallel growth of beveled rhombohedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges and having different phases of crystallization underlined by different degrees of transparency.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.1 × 3.1 cm = 1.85” × 1.22” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 1.8 cm = 1.22” × 0.71”

ME97R8: Scalenohedral crystal of Calcite with polycrystalline surfaces on its faces. The base is a group of very bright Hematite crystals with very well defined faces and edges.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2008)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 6.3 × 3.8 cm = 2.48” × 2.48” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 4.1 cm = 2.13” × 1.61”

ML67V7: Group of sharp rhombohedral crystals slightly modified by the scalenohedron. The crystals are colorless, bright and between transparent and translucent. The sample is from the Desmond Sacco collection whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
N'Chwaning II Mine, upper levels, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape  South Africa

Specimen size: 6.5 × 6 × 4.9 cm = 2.56” × 2.36” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 2.6 cm = 1.77” × 1.02”

TF67S1: Group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges, between white and clear, the main one very transparent and with inclusions of crystallized Hematite. The sample is considerably better than the picture shows.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (1998)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.1 × 5 cm = 2.83” × 2.01” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 3.3 cm = 1.61” × 1.30”