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Very fine tabular crystals of Tarbuttite, a rare zinc hydroxy-phosphate, in limonite matrix. This specimen comes from the type locality for the species, the Kabwe mine, which worked lead, zinc and silver minerals but has been closed since 1989.
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Kabwe-Ka Mukuba), Kabwe District, Central Province Zambia (07/1976)
Specimen size: 6.3 × 3.7 × 1.7 cm = 2.48” × 1.46” × 0.67”

11EB11: Tarbuttite

Very fine tabular crystals of Tarbuttite, a rare zinc hydroxy-phosphate, on a limonite matrix. It has a greenish coloration with light and bright tones. The specimen comes from the type locality for this species. The Kabwe mine, now closed, processed lead, zinc and silver ores.
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Kabwe-Ka Mukuba), Kabwe District, Central Province Zambia (07/1976)
Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.2 × 1.4 cm = 1.46” × 1.26” × 0.55”

10ET11: Tarbuttite

Tabular crystals of Tarbuttite, a rare zinc hydroxy-phosphate, on a limonite matrix. They exhibit a double coloration, one lighter and the other more orange, caused by iron oxide staining. The specimen comes from the type locality for the species, the Kabwe mine, now closed, which exploited lead, zinc and silver ores.
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Kabwe-Ka Mukuba), Kabwe District, Central Province Zambia (07/1976)
Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.7 × 2.7 cm = 2.09” × 1.06” × 1.06”

EB46AL9: Tarbuttite

Elongated crystals of Tarbuttite with sharp faces and edges, on a limonite matrix. Translucent, white and covered with small crystals of a second generation of lenticular crystals of the same Tarbuttite, with a color between reddish and creamy due to inclusions.
The specimen, from the type locality for the species, is accompanied by a card from the prospector and collector, Dr. K.J. Reid, in which the date of the find is handwritten and signed.
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Kabwe-Ka Mukuba), Kabwe District, Central Province Zambia (07/1976)
Specimen size: 4 × 3.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.57” × 1.38” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.39” × 0.12”

TA37AL5: Tarbuttite

Very aerial group of highly profiled Tarbuttite crystals, unusually transparent and sharp and on matrix. We will send the specimen, from the type locality for the species, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, on which it appears that it was previously in the Jim & Dawn Minette collection.
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Kabwe-Ka Mukuba), Kabwe District, Central Province Zambia
Specimen size: 3.1 × 2 × 2.7 cm = 1.22” × 0.79” × 1.06”

EB97AL9: Tarbuttite

Elongated crystals of Tarbuttite with sharp faces and edges, on a limonite matrix. Translucent, white and covered with small crystals of a second generation of lenticular crystals of the same Tarbuttite, with a color between reddish and creamy due to inclusions. The specimen, from the type locality for the species, is accompanied by a card from the prospector and collector, Dr. K.J. Reid, in which the date of the find is handwritten and signed.
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Kabwe-Ka Mukuba), Kabwe District, Central Province Zambia (07/1976)
Specimen size: 5 × 3.8 × 2 cm = 1.97” × 1.50” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.43” × 0.16”

TXA66AO0: Tarbuttite

Group of Tarbuttite crystals with unusually sharp crystal forms, transparent, highly lustrous, colorless, and on a limonite matrix. Its history is fascinating since Bob Noble's label states that its origin was the 1929 Vaux expedition and that the specimen belonged to the Philadelphia Academy collection. We will send the specimen, from the type locality for the species, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the aforementioned label.
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Kabwe-Ka Mukuba), Kabwe District, Central Province Zambia (±1929)
Specimen size: 2.8 × 2 × 1.5 cm = 1.10” × 0.79” × 0.59”

TE89AH4: Tarbuttite

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, ǁKaras Region Namibia
Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.77” × 1.73” × 0.87”

MA16AI5: Tarbuttite with Hydroxylapatite and Hemimorphite

Fanlike growths of acicular Hydroxylapatite and Hemimorphite micro-crystals on Tarbuttite crystals, distinguishable by its green color. Of high quality, as is usual with samples from the Desmond Sacco collection.
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Lüderitz District, ǁKaras Region Namibia (2016)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.2 × 4.6 cm = 2.52” × 2.05” × 1.81”

MF38AA7: Tarbuttite with Hydroxylapatite and Hemimorphite

Fanlike growths of Hydroxylapatite and Hemimorphite micro-crystals on Tarbuttite partially dissolved but distinguishable on the back side of the sample due to its green color. 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, ǁKaras Region Namibia (2006-2007)
Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.93” × 1.42” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.55”

MN68AA7: Tarbuttite with Hydroxylapatite and Hemimorphite

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, ǁKaras Region Namibia (2006-2007)
Specimen size: 5.8 × 4 × 3.2 cm = 2.28” × 1.57” × 1.26”

MK49AA7: Tarbuttite with Hydroxylapatite and Hemimorphite

Swirling platy growths of very sharp Tarbuttite crystals, transparent, bright and with a uniform pale green color, they are 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, ǁKaras Region Namibia (2006-2007)
Specimen size: 7.2 × 3.4 × 2.5 cm = 2.83” × 1.34” × 0.98”

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

EM16AI1: Tarbuttite with Parascholzite-Scholzite

A very special “museum quality” sample from the type locality for the species. It is very rich in Tarbuttite crystals that are on a limonite matrix. The crystals, of great quality, are extraordinarily sharp, colorless, clear and very bright. Also on the matrix there are white, acicular Scholzite crystals and creamy colored Parascholzite crystals.
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Kabwe-Ka Mukuba), Kabwe District, Central Province Zambia (±1990)
Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.7 × 5.9 cm = 3.07” × 2.24” × 2.32”

MD74AG4: Tarbuttite with Smithsonite

Fan-like sprays of Tarbuttite crystals with very acute terminations, very well defined faces and edges and on matrix, with blue violet botryoidal Smithsonite. The sample, very esthetic and of a great quality for the species, is from the Desmond Sacco collection whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a reference for the Tarbuttite species in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 04/2021, page 11 as well as in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2018, page 105
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Lüderitz District, ǁKaras Region Namibia (±2014)
Specimen size: 9.7 × 6.3 × 4.8 cm = 3.82” × 2.48” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.71” × 0.31”

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