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

EJ91AH8: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2018. Very aerial stalagmitic botryoidal growth of Heterogenite, a cobalt hydroxide that is very rare as significant collectible samples. We consider this one, due to its evident quality, between the best known for the species. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mindingi Mine (Mindigi Mine), Millele shaft, Swambo, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Congo DR (Zaire) (05/2018)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 4.1 × 4 cm = 3.8” × 1.6” × 1.6”

TP57AE5: Stalactitic Malachite growths, on matrix, elongated and with spheroidal thickenings on the terminations. They are bright with an excellent color, very deep and uniform.
Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Congo DR (Zaire)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 7.3 × 5.6 cm = 2.9” × 2.9” × 2.2”

MF77AH7: Very aerial and fine triple stalactitic-botryoidal Malachite growth with small Heterogenite crystallizations near the base, bright and with a black color. We analyzed the Heterogenite and will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Katanga (Shaba)  Congo DR (Zaire)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.3 × 2.4 cm = 2.9” × 1.7” × 0.9”

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)  Congo DR (Zaire) (2016-2017)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.8 × 1.8 cm = 0.9” × 0.7” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.9 cm = 0.7” × 0.7”

EP56Y6: Group of sharp crystals with very well defined faces and edges showing the forms of the dodecahedron, the cube and a finely striated tetrahexaedron. They have thin Chalcopyrite coatings, are very bright and their morphology is most unusual for Carrollite from Kambove.
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Congo DR (Zaire) (2002)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2 × 1.4 cm = 1.0” × 0.8” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.7 cm = 0.8” × 0.7”

TM27AH0: A novelty at Tucson 2018. Single, very aerial and very sharp cubo-octahedral crystal, slightly elongated, complete and on a tiny bit of Mica matrix. The sample is from a recent find of samples of great quality.
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Congo DR (Zaire) (2016-2017)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3 × 2.6 cm = 1.4” × 1.2” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.4” × 0.9”

EB56Y6: Group, of very sharp octahedral Cuprite crystals that are extraordinarily bright and have a deep red color. On matrix with Calcite and Chrysocolla.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Congo DR (Zaire)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.3” × 0.9” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.3” × 0.3”

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, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Congo DR (Zaire)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5 × 4.4 cm = 2.6” × 2.0” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

TR16AE1: Very sharp and slightly elongated octahedral crystal with very well defined faces and edges and fine polycrystalline growths. The crystals are perfectly individualized and on matrix, and they show a very vivid red color when backlit by an intense light beam.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Congo DR (Zaire)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 4.8 × 2.4 cm = 2.9” × 1.9” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.4 cm = 0.8” × 0.6”

AH16Q6: Groups of octahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges and a deep red color on internal reflection. They are in a cavity that protects them.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Congo DR (Zaire) (1994)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.4 × 5.4 cm = 3.3” × 2.9” × 2.1”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

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)  Congo DR (Zaire)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.2 × 4.2 cm = 2.2” × 1.7” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.4 cm = 0.5” × 0.2”

TP91Y3: Dioptase crystals of a considerable size, on matrix, with very well defined faces and edges and partially coated by small botryoidal growths of yellowish-green Bayldonite.
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Congo DR (Zaire)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 7.7 × 5.7 cm = 3.7” × 3.0” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.2 cm = 0.8” × 0.5”

MA6AG7: Aggregate, on matrix, of crystals that are very rich in faces with a predominant rhombohedron, between transparent and translucent, very bright and with an extraordinary color due to its liveliness and depth.
Kakanda, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Congo DR (Zaire)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.5 × 4.7 cm = 2.8” × 2.6” × 1.9”

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

EH16AD7: Aggregate of very acute scalenohedral crystals. They are between transparent and translucent, with a color between red and mauve, very intense, deep and uniform, and are on a matrix of manganese oxides. A great classic although the locality is not well known for samples as fine as this one.
Moanda Mine, Moanda, Léboumbi-Leyou Department, Haut-Ogooué Province  Gabon

Specimen size: 8.3 × 4.4 × 4.6 cm = 3.3” × 1.7” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

EA76AE4: Very curious doubly terminated smoky Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, flattened and with very sharp and well defined faces and edges. The Quartz is with Aegirine crystals, some of them doubly terminated, and small Orthoclase and Zircon crystals.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District  Malawi (2014)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.6 × 2.3 cm = 2.0” × 1.4” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 1.1 cm = 1.4” × 0.4”

EP46AD8: Doubly terminated Aegirine crystal with an acute doubled parallel termination. The crystal is curved due to a natural fracture that was self-healed by later growth. It is partially coated by small Quartz crystals. A curious and uncommon sample, due its morphological characteristics.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District  Malawi (2014)

Specimen size: 8 × 1.5 × 1 cm = 3.1” × 0.6” × 0.4”

EC90AH4: Very well defined Arfvedsonite crystals with acute polycrystalline terminations. They are bright with a very deep green color and are on a matrix of Orthoclase crystals that very well defined Baveno twins, and black prismatic Aegirine crystals around the base of the Arfvedsonite crystal.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District  Malawi (2014)

Specimen size: 14 × 10.5 × 6.8 cm = 5.5” × 4.1” × 2.7”

Main crystal size: 9 × 1.2 cm = 3.5” × 0.5”

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 = 0.6” × 0.6” × 0.4”

EB14AC5: Aggregate of laminar very well shaped crystals with acute terminations in parallel growth. Eudidymite is a very uncommon species but characteristic of Mount Malosa. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District  Malawi (2005)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 1.5 × 0.2 cm = 1.7” × 0.6” × 0.1”

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 = 0.9” × 0.9” × 0.4”

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 = 1.0” × 1.0” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.4 cm = 1.0” × 0.6”

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 = 1.1” × 0.9” × 0.3”

TP50AH2: Very sharp flattened and complete crystal (on the base it has small fragments of a feldspar matrix) with very well defined faces and edges and a perfect termination, slightly rough but free of damage. It is translucent and has a very deep and uniform bluish-green color. Among the best for this very rare species, a classic from Madagascar.
Tranomaro Commune, Tranomaro-Maromby area, Amboasary District, Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Toliara Province (Tuléar)  Madagascar (02-06/2017)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.3 × 0.8 cm = 1.1” × 0.9” × 0.3”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 1.6 cm = 1.1” × 0.6”

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 = 1.6” × 1.0” × 0.9”

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 = 2.2” × 1.3” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1.8 cm = 1.6” × 0.7”

MX51AD5: A novelty at Tucson 2016. Single crystals on a massive Quartz matrix. The crystals have some very well developed faces and edges on the prism, which is very uncommon for the species. The crystal is translucent and bright and has a uniform greenish blue color. 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: 6.5 × 3.5 × 4 cm = 2.6” × 1.4” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1.4 cm = 1.6” × 0.6”

TD86AH6: Group of Grandidierite crystals on matrix, one of them clearly dominant and very large for the species. The crystals, unusually well defined, are translucent and have a uniform and intense bluish-green color. The main crystal has a rough termination but it is complete, as the detailed image shows. The sample has great quality for this rare silicate.
Tranomaro Commune, Tranomaro-Maromby area, Amboasary District, Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Toliara Province (Tuléar)  Madagascar (02-06/2017)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4.8 × 3.2 cm = 3.0” × 1.9” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 5.1 × 2.4 cm = 2.0” × 0.9”

TT16AH1: Group of very clear Quartz crystals, on a rocky matrix very transparent and bright and with very well defined phantom growths that show their inner pyramidal faces coated by clear green microcrystalline Muscovite (variety fuchsite) growths. Great esthetic appearance.
Anovitra, Itremo, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province  Madagascar (07/2017)

Specimen size: 11.3 × 8 × 8 cm = 4.4” × 3.1” × 3.1”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 1.2 cm = 1.7” × 0.5”

TP10AH1: Group of very clear Quartz crystals, very transparent and bright and with very well defined phantom growths that show their inner pyramidal faces that are coated by clear green microcrystalline Muscovite (variety fuchsite). Great esthetic appearance.
Anovitra, Itremo, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province  Madagascar (07/2017)

Specimen size: 14.3 × 11 × 5.4 cm = 5.6” × 4.3” × 2.1”

Main crystal size: 5 × 2.2 cm = 2.0” × 0.9”

TW27AH0: A novelty at Tucson 2018. A group of translucent Fluorite crystal cubes with 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 references to Fluorite occurrences other than the small crystals included in Quartz from Amborompotsy.
Mandronarivo area, Beroroha District, Atsimo Andrefana Region, Toliara Province (Tuléar)  Madagascar (08-11/2017)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.9 × 3 cm = 1.7” × 1.5” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.7 cm = 0.7” × 0.7”

TP28AH0: A novelty at Tucson 2018. A group of Fluorite crystal cubes between translucent and transparent, with 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 other references to Fluorite occurrences other than the small crystals included in Quartz from Amborompotsy.
Mandronarivo area, Beroroha District, Atsimo Andrefana Region, Toliara Province (Tuléar)  Madagascar (08-11/2017)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.8 × 4.8 cm = 2.3” × 1.9” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.0” × 0.9”

TQ49AH0: A novelty at Tucson 2018. A group of Fluorite crystal cubes between translucent and transparent, with a very intense and deep green color and marine-blue dichroism, clearly visible in sunlight. On a matrix coated by white Quartz. 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 Amborompotsy.
Mandronarivo area, Beroroha District, Atsimo Andrefana Region, Toliara Province (Tuléar)  Madagascar (08-11/2017)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 3.9 × 3.8 cm = 3.0” × 1.5” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

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 Amborompotsy.
Mandronarivo area, Beroroha District, Atsimo Andrefana Region, Toliara Province (Tuléar)  Madagascar (08-11/2017)

Specimen size: 15.8 × 12.4 × 6.8 cm = 6.2” × 4.9” × 2.7”

Main crystal size: 5 × 3 cm = 2.0” × 1.2”

EP66AA1: Very sharp thick tabular crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with well developed dipyramidal and pinacoidal faces and a very short prism. Their color is very intense and uniform and they are on matrix, something very uncommon with such samples. It is from the type locality.
Sakavalana Mine, Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province  Madagascar

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.4 × 1.7 cm = 0.9” × 0.6” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

MQ90AE7: Two very well defined crystals on matrix formed by a prism and a dipyramid. The main crystal is partially doubly terminated.
Betroka District, Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Toliara Province (Tuléar)  Madagascar

Specimen size: 3.2 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 1.3” × 0.6” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.3 cm = 1.0” × 0.5”

TG16AD4: Single crystal formed by the dominant faces of a ditrigonal prism and the terminal faces of a pyramid and pinacoid that are all very well defined. The crystal is between translucent and transparent, very bright and has an intense and uniform color, between red and mauve.
Camp Robin area, Fianarantsoa,   Madagascar (02/2006)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 2 × 2.1 cm = 2.3” × 0.8” × 0.8”

TQ87AB2: A novelty at Tucson 2015. Parallel aggregates and polycrystalline growths of bright and translucent Albite crystals that have an unusual and beautiful clear sky blue color and are with small aggregates of laminar Muscovite. The sample has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Manakana, Vohambohitra pegmatite, Tsaratanàna District, Betsiboka Region, Mahajanga (Majunga) Province  Madagascar (2014)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.4 × 3.5 cm = 2.0” × 1.7” × 1.4”

TA27AB5: A novelty at Tucson 2015. Parallel aggregates and polycrystalline growths of bright and translucent Albite crystals that have an unusual and beautiful clear sky blue color and are with small aggregates of laminar Muscovite. The sample has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Manakana, Vohambohitra pegmatite, Tsaratanàna District, Betsiboka Region, Mahajanga (Majunga) Province  Madagascar (2014)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.9 × 5.5 cm = 2.4” × 1.9” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 3 cm = 1.5” × 1.2”

TP67AB2: A novelty at Tucson 2015. Parallel aggregates and polycrystalline growths of bright and translucent Albite crystals that have an unusual and beautiful clear sky blue color and are with small aggregates of laminar Muscovite. The sample has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Manakana, Vohambohitra pegmatite, Tsaratanàna District, Betsiboka Region, Mahajanga (Majunga) Province  Madagascar (2014)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.8 × 4.9 cm = 3.0” × 2.7” × 1.9”

TC37F3: A novelty from Madagascar, but a common species: Calcite. An attractive group in which the sharpness of the crystals stands out. They stand out for their color, brilliance, and the presence of extraordinarily unusual twinning formed by the interpenetration of two rhombohedra.
Basalt Quarry, Ambariomiambana, Sambava District, Sava Region  Madagascar (08/2004)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.3 × 2.3 cm = 2.0” × 1.3” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.7 cm = 1.0” × 0.7”

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 = 2.6” × 1.6” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 3 cm = 1.8” × 1.2”

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 = 3.4” × 2.8” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.6” × 0.5”

EF50P2: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. Group of dodecahedral crystals on matrix, one of them clearly dominant, isolated and very big for the variety. Faces and edges are very well defined and have very good color, luster and transparency. The locality was not well known until recently, and the habit of this Demantoid is really unusual.
Antetezambato outcrop, Antetezambato, Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Antsiranana Province  Madagascar (05-06/2009)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3 × 3.1 cm = 1.6” × 1.2” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.5” × 0.5”

TK52S9: Transparent complex crystals of intense green color, on matrix. They have dominant forms of the trapezohedron and the dodecahedron, but they also show cube faces, small but perfectly visible. Some of the crystals have curious deformations, to the degree that one of them is almost completely flattened.
Antetezambato outcrop, Antetezambato, Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Antsiranana Province  Madagascar (08/2009)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 6.3 × 4.8 cm = 2.9” × 2.5” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.7” × 0.5”

TA77AG9: Group of large dodecahedral Andradite crystals with curiously elongated faces. They are translucent, bright, and are on a matrix with Epidote crystals.
The sample is from the William Sheldon collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Bendougou village, Commune Diakon, Arrondissement Diakon , Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes Region  Mali

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.4 × 3.4 cm = 3.4” × 2.5” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 3.4 cm = 1.8” × 1.3”

TL96AF8: Group, on a rocky matrix, of dodecahedral crystals finely beveled by the trapezohedron, with a dark brown color, translucent and bright.
Bendougou village, Commune Diakon, Arrondissement Diakon , Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes Region  Mali

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.1 × 2.4 cm = 2.1” × 1.6” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 3.2 ×2.4 cm = 1.3” × 0.9”

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 = 3.9” × 3.0” × 2.1”

Main crystal size: 7 × 2.5 cm = 2.8” × 1.0”

NG69AH6: A novelty at Munich 2017. Lepidolite (series) pseudomorphous after a single Elbaite (rubellite variety) crystal with visible parallel growths. The Elbaite is visible on the base where it is translucent with an intense pink color and rich in channels and other dissolution forms.
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province  Mozambique (07/2017)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 3.3 × 3.1 cm = 3.9” × 1.3” × 1.2”

MX70AG3: A novelty at Munich 2017. Parallel growths, with a fibrous aspect, of Lepidolite (series) pseudomorphous after an Elbaite crystal, with doubly terminated Tantalite-(Mn) crystals with very well defined faces and edges, transparent and with a very vivid red color.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Munich 2017’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 70 of number 1/2018
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province  Mozambique (07/2017)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.8 × 2.4 cm = 1.9” × 1.1” × 0.9”

NX51AH2: A novelty at Munich 2017. Parallel growths of Lepidolite (series) 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 District, Zambezia Province  Mozambique (07/2017)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 3.8 × 3.7 cm = 4.1” × 1.5” × 1.5”

EP88AE4: A single crystal with very well defined terminal faces consisting of a dominant pinacoid and a rhombohedron. It is transparent, with an intense red color at the base and a blue termination, popularly known as a blue cap. It is different from what is usually found at this mine.
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province  Mozambique (08/2016)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.8” × 0.7” × 0.6”

ER70AE4: Single crystal with very well defined parallel growth and terminal faces. It is transparent and has colored zones alternating between pink and bluish green. It is different from what is usually found at this mine.
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province  Mozambique (08/2016)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.2 × 1.4 cm = 1.7” × 0.9” × 0.6”

EQ73AE4: Single crystal with a very well defined parallel growth and very well defined terminal faces. It is transparent and has colored stripes alternating pink and bluish green color. It’s different to the most usually found at this mine.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section, report 45, January 2, 2017 edition.
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province  Mozambique (08/2016)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.0” × 0.9” × 0.9”

TJ13AH7: Very aerial dendritic growth with dodecahedral crystals that have very well defined faces and edges, with slight curvatures.
Ogonja (Onganja), Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 3.7 × 1.9 × 1.1 cm = 1.5” × 0.7” × 0.4”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

TX30AD1: Very aerial arborescent growth of very well defined crystals, slightly elongated, with the octahedron and the dodecahedron as dominant forms.
Ogonja (Onganja), Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 7 × 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 2.8” × 1.5” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

TE89AH4: Fan-like growths of very Sharp Tarbuttite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, bright and with a very uniform green color. The sample is of great quality both for the species and for its locality.
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Lüderitz District, Karas Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.8” × 1.7” × 0.9”

MN68AA7: Divergent growths, on matrix, of acicular Tarbuttite crystals with a pale green color and partially coated by white Hydroxylapatite and Hemimorphite micro-crystals. The three co-existing species on the sample have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Lüderitz District, Karas Region  Namibia (2006-2007)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4 × 3.2 cm = 2.3” × 1.6” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.1 cm = 0.2” × 0.0”

MF9AC6: Botryoidal aggregates of small white Smithsonite crystals on a matrix coated by small and very bright Hemimorphite crystals.
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Lüderitz District, Karas Region  Namibia (2007-2010)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.9 × 5.9 cm = 2.8” × 2.3” × 2.3”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”

TX71AF0: Very bright Quartz crystal with a very sharply defined amethyst colored phantom and an aesthetic color gradation, clearer near the base and the termination and very intense in the central zone. It is with Prehnite and Calcite and is on matrix, which is very rare with samples from this region. Badly popularized as Brandberg, the true locality is Gobobos, another nearby volcano. The sample was from Charles Key.
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 7 × 6.3 × 5.3 cm = 2.8” × 2.5” × 2.1”

Main crystal size: 6.4 × 2.3 cm = 2.5” × 0.9”

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, Karas Region  Namibia (± 1980)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.7 × 5.3 cm = 1.9” × 1.5” × 2.1”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 0.7” × 0.7”

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 = 0.9” × 0.6” × 0.7”

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 = 1.4” × 0.9” × 1.1”

EG88AE2: An aggregate of crystals showing the cube, octahedron and dodecahedron. They are between transparent and translucent, have a very deep green color with violet zones in some areas of each crystal and with inclusions that resemble eyes, the reason why this Fluorite is called “alien.” On matrix, with Quartz crystals.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 8 × 5.3 × 3.7 cm = 3.1” × 2.1” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.0” × 0.9”

TT37AE9: Very aerial aggregate, on matrix, of thick dipyramidal crystals with very well defined faces and edges, a deep Brown color and translucent on the edges.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 4 × 3.5 × 2.3 cm = 1.6” × 1.4” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 0.7” × 0.6”

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 = 1.9” × 1.7” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

TA89Z3: Druse of cubic crystals beveled by the dodecahedron and hollow growths on the octahedral faces. The crystals are translucent, bright and have a very intense and deep mauve color, clearer on the octahedral faces.
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 10.5 × 6.6 × 1.9 cm = 4.1” × 2.6” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.5” × 0.3”

TX48T2: Globular and cavernous growths of Shattuckite of very uniform blue color that coat a matrix with skeletal growths of Quartz.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region  Namibia (2009)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.5 ×  4.6 cm = 3.2” × 2.6” × 1.8”

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 = 2.8” × 2.0” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.6” × 0.6”

MA69AA9: Two isolated Wulfenite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, translucent, with an intense orange color and partially coated and fringed by Quartz crystals, also present on the rocky matrix. Excellent quality for the locality.
Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department  Republic of the Congo (2012)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.4 × 3 cm = 2.4” × 2.1” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”

EH46AC2: Very rich Senegalite vug coated by very sharp and lustrous crystals with an intense yellow color and high transparency. Between the matrix and the Senegalite, one can see a thin blue layer of Turquoise that is coating other small vugs in the matrix, accompanied by white Crandallite. The sample, from the type locality for the species, is from a very well known and find in 2008.
Kourou Diakouma Mount, Saraya, Tambacounda Region  Senegal (2007-2008)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.5 × 2.7 cm = 2.6” × 1.8” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.0” × 0.0”

TK16AH1: A novelty at Denver 2017. Aggregate of very sharp Jouravskite crystals, a very rare calcium and manganese sulfate-carbonate. The crystals, on a rocky matrix with Quartz, apart their excellent luster, have and an extraordinary lemon-yellow color.
N'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2017)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.6 × 4 cm = 2.3” × 2.2” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

FF27AC3: Aggregate, on matrix, of very sharp octahedral Fluorite crystals that are translucent, have an intense and very uniform green color and are on a group of Quartz crystals with simple forms, and with very well defined phantom growths. The sample was in the Jan Buma collection who’s catalog card we’ll send to the buyer.
Riemvasmaak, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province  South Africa (±2005)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.5 × 3.9 cm = 2.2” × 2.2” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 3 cm = 1.2” × 1.2”

TP86N0: Group of very sharp octahedral crystals. They are transparent, bright and have an excellent, very intense green color. From a recent find in Riemvasmaak in 2008.
Riemvasmaak, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2008)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.7 × 2.1 cm = 2.1” × 1.9” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.3 cm = 0.7” × 0.5”

MF37AC3: Aggregate of very sharp octahedral Fluorite crystals. They are between transparent and translucent and have an intense and very uniform green color.
Riemvasmaak, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province  South Africa (±2005)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 4.2 × 5.5 cm = 2.9” × 1.7” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 4.8 cm = 1.9” × 1.9”

MT56AG7: Very sharp octahedral Fluorite crystals, between transparent and translucent, bright and with a very intense, deep and uniform green color. They are on a Quartz matrix.
Riemvasmaak, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province  South Africa (±2015)

Specimen size: 17.4 × 9.5 × 4.6 cm = 6.9” × 3.7” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.9 cm = 0.8” × 0.7”

ML68AC5: Laminar crystals of this rare species. They have a sharp hexagonal shape, deep red-brown color and they are translucent, very bright, and are implanted on a matrix of Rhodochrosite crystals with a very intense luster and color and mainly formed by the prism and the scalenohedron.
N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2006)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.3 × 1.3 cm = 2.0” × 1.3” × 0.5”

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

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 = 2.8” × 1.5” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

TR11Z1: A novelty at Tucson 2013. Groups of sharp, brilliant, well defined octahedral crystals on a matrix of Calcite crystals with small Andradite crystals. The Jacobsite crystals strongly contrast with the white Calcite and make this specimen nicer than usual.
N'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (±08/2012)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.1” × 1.0” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.1” × 0.0”

TL11Z1: A novelty at Tucson 2013. Groups of sharp, brilliant, well defined octahedral crystals on a matrix of Calcite crystals with small Andradite crystals. The Jacobsite crystals strongly contrast with the white Calcite and make this specimen nicer than usual.
N'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (±08/2012)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.9 × 2.8 cm = 1.5” × 1.1” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.0” × 0.0”

TA47Z9: Groups of sharp, bright and well defined octahedral crystals on a matrix of scalenohedral Calcite crystals with small Andradite crystals. The Jacobsite crystals strongly contrast with the white Calcite and make this specimen nicer than samples from other finds. We will send a copy of the Jacobsite and Andradite analyses to the buyer.
N'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (±08/2012)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.1 × 4.2 cm = 2.8” × 2.0” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.0” × 0.0”

TQ63S1: A novelty at Tucson 2011. Parallel and sceptered growth with some doubly terminated crystals that are transparent, 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: 3.4 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 1.3” × 0.6” × 0.6”

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 = 2.4” × 1.1” × 0.9”

TE28S0: A novelty at Tucson 2011. Parallel and sceptered growth with a centered “window” formation. Crystals are very bright with deep smoky shades and are on a parallel group of very elongate crystals of white Quartz.
Steinkopf, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (08/2010)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm = 3.2” × 1.4” × 1.0”

EM46R1: 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: 2 × 2 × 1.9 cm = 0.8” × 0.8” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.7” × 0.6”

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 = 1.3” × 1.1” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.3” × 0.3”

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 = 1.4” × 1.3” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

EZ63R1: 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: 3.6 × 3.1 × 2.8 cm = 1.4” × 1.2” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

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 = 1.6” × 1.0” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

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 = 1.7” × 1.0” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

ET64R1: 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 × 3.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.7” × 1.5” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.9 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

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 = 1.7” × 1.3” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

EL13R1: 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 × 3.8 × 1.8 cm = 1.7” × 1.5” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.5” × 0.3”

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 = 1.9” × 1.1” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

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 = 1.9” × 1.3” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.6” × 0.6”

ED36R1: 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: 9.7 × 3.7 × 3.4 cm = 3.8” × 1.5” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

MA27AH0: Complex and very aerial Olmiite crystal with parallel and polycrystalline growths, with very well defined faces and edges, translucent with a pink color changing to reddish in incandescent light. It is on matrix, with white Calcite crystals.
The sample, a South African classic, is from the Desmond Sacco collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2017)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.4 × 3.2 cm = 1.4” × 1.3” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.8 cm = 0.9” × 0.7”

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 = 1.0” × 0.8” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.5” × 0.3”

ME14AB1: Very individualized crystal with very well defined polycrystalline growths, bright and with a very intense and deep color, especially its central zone. The crystal has, on the base, white small globular Oyelite growths.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.2 × 2.1 cm = 1.4” × 1.3” × 0.8”

EP38C0: Good crystal size and excellent transparency.
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 (01/02)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.4 × 2.5 cm = 1.9” × 1.7” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.7 cm = 0.5” × 0.3”

EK27C0: A pinker color than the other specimens, large size and very well positioned at the top of the 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 (01/02)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.5 × 2 cm = 2.0” × 1.4” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 2.7 cm = 1.1” × 1.1”

TM81AH6: A very sharp Diopside crystal with very well defined faces and edges and a perfect termination, very rich in faces. It is bright, completely transparent, with a very intense and uniform color and has small Graphite inclusions.
We’ll send the sample in its original Perkin’s box from the R.J. Noble collection, also containing the collection label.
Samax Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania

Specimen size: 2 × 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.8” × 0.3” × 0.2”

MZ37AA8: Aggregate of Zoisite (tanzanite variety) crystals with parallel growths on their faces, translucent and on matrix with leafy aggregates of crystallized Graphite.
D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania (2013)

Specimen size: 3 × 3.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.2” × 1.3” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1 cm = 0.7” × 0.4”

ML90AG7: Dodecahedral Grossular (tsavorite variety) crystal, translucent, very bright, with a very well defined green color and on matrix, with Pyrite crystals and radial aggregates of Graphite crystals.
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania

Specimen size: 3 × 1.9 × 3.5 cm = 1.2” × 0.7” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.6” × 0.5”

VG86Y5: Parallel growth, on matrix, of dipyramidal crystals with an excellent luster and very well defined faces, with curved edges.
Mindola pit, Nkana Mine, Kitwe,   Zambia (±1978)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.3 × 2.2 cm = 2.4” × 1.7” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

MJ62K7: Epitaxial Rutile reticulated growth on a tabular former Ilmenite crystal pseudomorphed by Rutile and Hematite.
Mwinilunga District, North-Western Province  Zambia (05/2007)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.8 × 2 cm = 2.7” × 1.9” × 0.8”

TP92AH2: Cubo-octahedral Cuprite crystals that are translucent, very bright, have a very intense and deep red color and are partially coated by aggregates of very well defined cuprian Dolomite crystals and minor cuprian Adamite crystals.
The sample is from the Chris Amo collection (Williamsville, N.Y.), and it previously was in the Willy Israel collection, in Belgium. We’ll send both labels with the sample.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4 × 3.5 cm = 2.2” × 1.6” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

TF99AH6: Druse of very sharp cubo-octahedral crystals that are bright, have very intense reddish reflections and are partially coated by small Cerussite crystals.
The sample is from the Chris Amo collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.5 × 2.9 cm = 2.3” × 2.2” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

TP50AH6: Druse of Smithsonite crystals on matrix. They have the dominant form of a rhombohedron, with very well defined faces and edges and a soft orange color due to the presence of cadmium. This cadmian Smithsonite variety is surely the rarest found at Tsumeb.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.9 × 3 cm = 2.1” × 1.5” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

EV54AC8: Aggregate, on matrix, of very well defined rhombohedral Smithsonite crystals. They are considerably large for the species and are translucent, bright and have an intense pink color.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.4 × 4.8 cm = 1.9” × 1.3” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.5” × 0.5”

TA87Z9: Aggregate of mainly rhombohedral crystals, on matrix, with very well defined faces and slightly curved edges. They are translucent and bright and have an unusually vivid, deep and uniform pink color. The sample is with a J.R. Jelks collection label that we will send to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.4 × 2.4 cm = 2.1” × 1.7” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.5” × 0.3”

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 = 3.7” × 2.5” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.3” × 0.3”

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 = 1.3” × 1.2” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.7 cm = 1.1” × 0.7”

MK67X1: Druse, on matrix, of translucent short prismatic crystals that have a very deep color with vivid blue sparkles and the extraordinary luster typical of the first finds of Azurite at Tsumeb.
Tsumeb Mine, first oxidation zone, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia (±1920-30)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.6 × 1.5 cm = 1.4” × 1.4” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

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 = 1.5” × 1.5” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.9” × 0.5”

MA66L5: Azurite crystal with an equidimensional form, very uncommon for Azurite, with well defined faces and edges, and very intense color. The upper crystal is a contact. On a Malachite matrix.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3 × 2 cm = 1.7” × 1.2” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 2 cm = 0.8” × 0.8”

TF48Z9: Aggregate of flattened Malachite crystals, pseudomorphous after Azurite, with parallel growths and a silky surface. In some areas the replacement has not been complete and the primary azurite is preserved. A classic from Tsumeb that is with a Jack Crowley collection record card that we will send to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.8 × 2.1 cm = 2.8” × 2.3” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 6.1 × 1.2 cm = 2.4” × 0.5”

EH28V9: Group of doubly terminated crystals forming a multiple cyclic twin. The crystals are completely clear and extraordinarily bright.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.3 × 3 cm = 1.8” × 1.3” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.6 cm = 1.1” × 0.6”

EG11Z1: Very aerial growth of cyclic twins of very Sharp crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, bright and on matrix. A very good classic.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.5 × 4.9 cm = 1.8” × 1.8” × 1.9”

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 = 2.3” × 1.6” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2.8 cm = 1.6” × 1.1”

EP17X3: Aggregate of crystals forming multiple twins, with very well defined faces and edges and with numerous inclusions of granular Galena crystals that gives them a dark shade.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.2 × 4.7 cm = 2.3” × 2.0” × 1.9”

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 = 1.9” × 1.8” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.3 cm = 1.0” × 0.9”

TX94AD3: Aggregates of considerably large crystals with very well defined faces, translucent, very bright and implanted on a matrix with white Calcite. A great Namibian classic.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 9.5 × 7.4 × 4.7 cm = 3.7” × 2.9” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.7” × 0.5”

ER56X5: Very aerial group of well defined crystals, some of them partially doubly terminated. They have a very clear yellow color and an unusually big size for Tsumeb Mimetite crystals.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia (1966)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.4 × 2.1 cm = 1.4” × 0.9” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.7 cm = 0.8” × 0.3”

EL96AC5: Aggregate of crystals with very well defined forms of the prism and dipyramid. The larger ones have a considerable length; they are very bright and have a small Galena matrix.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.5” × 1.4” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.4 cm = 1.3” × 0.6”

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 = 3.5” × 2.2” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

TA66Q0: Very aerial polycrystalline botryoidal growths with white, slightly pinkish, color, on Limonite matrix.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.9” × 1.1” × 0.9”