TC180NG: Quartz crystal, citrine variety, with sharp crystal forms, transparent, with a very bright luster and intense color (natural, not obtained by treatment). With a small ding on one of the back faces, in perfect condition on the rest of the crystal.
Mamapa, Nampula Province  Mozambique (2016)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.5 × 4.1 cm = 2.60” × 1.77” × 1.61”

TVR16CD4: Octahedral crystals of Fluornatromicrolite with an intense green color and polycrystalline growths, embedded in a matrix formed by 'lepidolite' crystals and radiating tabular crystals of Albite.
This specimen is a great representive of a rare species whose origin is a pegmatite rich in lithium, cesium and tantalum.
It comes from the Félix Sorhouet collection (number 4-84) whose label we will send to the buyer.
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha pegmatite, Zambezia Province  Mozambique

Specimen size: 11.7 × 8.4 × 7.5 cm = 4.61” × 3.31” × 2.95”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.55”

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 pegmatite, Zambezia Province  Mozambique (08/2016)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.67” × 0.63”

MK73AE4: Single gemmy crystal, fully transparent and very bright, with very well defined faces and edges on the prism and also on the terminal rhombohedra. A crystal of excellent quality. It is different from what is usually found at this mine.
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha pegmatite, Zambezia Province  Mozambique (08/2016)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 1.26” × 0.51” × 0.43”

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 pegmatite, Zambezia Province  Mozambique (08/2016)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.01” × 0.87” × 0.87”

EV26AE4: 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.
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha pegmatite, Zambezia Province  Mozambique (08/2016)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 2.4 × 2.4 cm = 2.52” × 0.94” × 0.94”

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”

MX70AG3: A novelty at Munich 2017. Parallel growths, with a fibrous aspect, of 'lepidolite' 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 pegmatite, Zambezia Province  Mozambique (07/2017)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.8 × 2.4 cm = 1.93” × 1.10” × 0.94”

NG69AH6: A novelty at Munich 2017. 'lepidolite' 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 pegmatite, Zambezia Province  Mozambique (07/2017)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 3.3 × 3.1 cm = 3.86” × 1.30” × 1.22”

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”

MR94AG3: A novelty at Munich 2017. Parallel growths of 'lepidolite' (series) crystals pseudomorphous after Elbaite. They are bright with an intense pink color, with channels and other dissolution forms and with the crystalline remains of Elbaite (verdelite variety) on the upper end.
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 pegmatite, Zambezia Province  Mozambique (07/2017)

Specimen size: 13.2 × 5.2 × 5.2 cm = 5.20” × 2.05” × 2.05”

MT16AG3: A novelty at Munich 2017. Parallel growths of 'lepidolite' crystals, pseudomorphous after Elbaite, with good terminations. They are bright, with an intense pink color, with channels and other dissolution forms and with transparent Elbaite (verdelite variety) crystals on the upper end that seem to be a later Elbaite generation.
This sample has been photographed and published as a novelty in Munich 2017 in the magazine Le Règne Minéral number 138, page 39, the magazine "Lapis" number 12/2017, page 43 and the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ on page 69 of number 1/2018
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha pegmatite, Zambezia Province  Mozambique (07/2017)

Specimen size: 15.4 × 5 × 4.7 cm = 6.06” × 1.97” × 1.85”

NV69AI8: Isolated Tantalite-(Mn) crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent with a very vivid red color and implanted on a Lepidolite (after Elbaite) crystal with a fibrous aspect, also with Feldspar.
This sample has been referenced and figured as a novelty in Munich 2018, in the magazine "Le Règne Minéral" number 144, page 36
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha pegmatite, Zambezia Province  Mozambique (07/2017)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 3.07” × 1.02” × 0.94”

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

MBF67CD2: Floating crystal of gem-quality Beryl (morganite variety) with some parts of the crystal showing very sharp crystal shapes and other parts with recrystallization areas.
It is transparent, very shiny, with magnificent color and luster, and of considerable size for this classic pegmatite deposit.
Alto Ligonha pegmatite, Zambezia Province  Mozambique

Specimen size: 9.9 × 7.8 × 4 cm = 3.90” × 3.07” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 9.9 × 6.4 cm = 3.90” × 2.52”

TY56H7: An extraordinary specimen. A group of two crystals, one of them twinned, dominant and bigger, showing parallel growth following the twin plane. The definition of the crystal is magnificent. Although its color is not red the analysis determined it is really Tantalite-(Mn). We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Also, this specimen was photographed for the ‘what’s new at St Marie 2006’ section of the magazine ‘Minéraux et Fossiles’ and appears on page 21 of number 353. We will send the purchaser a copy of the magazine.
Murrua Mine, Gile, Quelimane, Alto Ligonha pegmatite, Zambezia Province  Mozambique (2005)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 6.2 × 4.4 cm = 4.06” × 2.44” × 1.73”

TC28I1: Very short prismatic crystal with a perfect flat termination and the other showing dissolution shapes. The sharpness of faces and edges is excellent and so is the color, very deep.
Alto Ligonha pegmatite, Zambezia Province  Mozambique

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.4 × 2.5 cm = 2.28” × 1.73” × 0.98”

NA63Z6: An aggregate of exceptionally well developed crystals, really large for the species. They are on matrix with very sharp laminar Muscovite crystals. A sample of great quality that has been analyzed. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha pegmatite, Zambezia Province  Mozambique (±1985)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.8 × 2.3 cm = 1.26” × 1.10” × 0.91”

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

TQ16AN2: Parallel growth of very sharp and lustrous Descloizite crystals with dark tones. A classic from Namíbia.
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 Melanson collection.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 3.6 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.42” × 0.59” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 1.2 cm = 1.42” × 0.47”

EE76D2: Thick, really thick, this crystal does not look anything like the other descloizites I have seen. I really like the bulk of it as well as its strange architecture.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm = 2.05” × 0.98” × 0.59”

EK86V1: Aggregate of very flattened dipyramidal crystals of dark brown, almost black color, with a second generation of smaller reddish crystals.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.8 × 3.3 cm = 2.13” × 1.89” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 0.87” × 0.59”

SV2160THP: Rich group of reddish brown Descloizite crystals formed by the bipyramid and the lateral pinacoid, very lustrous, with very sharp edges, and profiled and well defined faces, forming a multidirectional aerial growth. The reddish flashes on the edges of the crystals are exemplary and really stand out.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.2 × 3 cm = 2.52” × 1.26” × 1.18”

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

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”

TR46G3: Such crystallization is very uncommon. Crystals are orthorhombic bipyramids of very well-shaped faces and edges, with a beautiful bright brown color. With a wide "pedigree" as its five labels show. We'll send these labels to the buyer of the specimen.
Olifantsfontein Mine, Olifantsfontein, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 4 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.57” × 1.34” × 0.94”

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

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”

EZ96X0: Radial groups of very elongated small prismatic, acicular, crystals that have very well defined faces and edges, neatly visible with a lens. The crystals, colorless and very bright, are on a rocky matrix.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 7.3 × 4 × 1.9 cm = 2.87” × 1.57” × 0.75”

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

EF86AI7: Divergent crystals of Dioptase on a matrix coated by Planchéite. One of them is a single crystal while the other is polycrystalline, but both have very well defined faces and edges and are very bright, with a very deep color.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region  Namibia (±2007)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.98” × 0.55” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”

EG16AL5: Very sharp Dioptase crystals, aerial, lustrous and implanted on matrix, with very light blue Planchéite coatings.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region  Namibia (±2007)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 1.14” × 0.63” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.7 cm = 0.59” × 0.28”

TD98V7: Druse of Dioptase crystals, a lot of them doubly terminated, with very acute rhombohedral terminations, translucent, extraordinarily bright and on a matrix of crystalline Quartz.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region  Namibia (2011)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.9 × 3.2 cm = 2.09” × 1.14” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.31” × 0.12”

ED90AI5: Isolated Dioptase crystals, one of them clearly dominant, that are partially doubly terminated, bright, with a deep color and on a matrix of crystalline Quartz partially coated by Planchéite.
The sample is from the Raúl Sanabria collection whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region  Namibia (±2007)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.5 × 4.1 cm = 2.20” × 1.77” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.8 cm = 0.63” × 0.31”

TA92AD1: Two single and isolated crystals, with a considerable length for the locality, partially doubly terminated, translucent, very bright and implanted on a matrix coated by Calcite.
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region  Namibia (2011)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4 × 2.7 cm = 2.64” × 1.57” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.9 cm = 0.59” × 0.35”

TJ89L0: A novelty of Tucson 2008. This Shattuckite specimen comes from the recent works in the Kandesei Mine, on Kaokoveld, that started recently to mine for collection specimens. Very esthetic botryoidal growth, with an intense and very uniform color.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region  Namibia (2007)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3 × 1.5 cm = 1.34” × 1.18” × 0.59”

TE100Z9: Fine botryoidal Shattuckite aggregate, with an intense and deep blue color, that fills a vug on a Quartz matrix with crystalline Malachite.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region  Namibia (2009)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.5 × 2.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.38” × 1.10”

TL20AB1: Fine botryoidal Shattuckite aggregate, with a felted surface and a very uniform and intense blue color with, with clearer blue borders with an intense and deep blue color, that upholster a vug on a Quartz matrix.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region  Namibia (2009)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.05” × 1.34” × 1.69”

TV26Q2: Globular groups of deep sky blue color filling a vug on a Quartz matrix. The mining has been abandoned so probably we must expect an increasing scarcity of this kind of sample in the mineral market.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region  Namibia (2009)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.7 × 2.4 cm = 2.32” × 1.85” × 0.94”

TN27Z3: Very well defined and isolated globular growths with velvet surfaces and an intense and uniform blue color. They are partially coating a Quartz matrix. Original.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region  Namibia (2009)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.1 × 1.6 cm = 2.36” × 1.61” × 0.63”

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

TT14Q2: Deep blue botryoidal growths filling a vug on a crystallized Quartz matrix and Malachite. The mining has been abandoned so probably we must expect an increasing scarcity of this kind of sample in the mineral market.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region  Namibia (2009)

Specimen size: 8 × 6.9 × 4.8 cm = 3.15” × 2.72” × 1.89”

TR16AL2: Botryoidal coating of Shattuckite with a velvety appearance, on Quartz matrix and highlighting a centered aggregate of very good size sharp primary Malachite crystals.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.2 × 4.8 cm = 3.23” × 2.44” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 1 cm = 1.34” × 0.39”

TQ27R9: Globular growths of Shattuckite with a very deep and uniform blue color. They are coated by microcrystals of clear Quartz and are with a bundle of acicular crystals of Malachite on a matrix of Quartz.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region  Namibia (2009)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 8.2 × 5.3 cm = 3.39” × 3.23” × 2.09”

TB78Z3: Quartz crystals very rich in Shattuckite inclusions with an unusually intense and uniform color. A sample that is very different than usual.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region  Namibia (2009)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.34” × 1.26” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.2 cm = 0.83” × 0.47”

MY88AK9: Fan-shaped growth, very aerial and aesthetic, of fibrous Malachite crystals, with intense satin luster, implanted on Cerussite crystals with inclusions. The association is rare.
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.2 × 1 cm = 1.26” × 0.87” × 0.39”

TG14V1: Radial group of very well developed crystals of primary Malachite. They are very bright and have perfect terminations, a very deep color and are on Quartz matrix.
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region  Namibia (2009)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.5 × 5 cm = 3.07” × 2.56” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.7 cm = 0.51” × 0.28”

MB37AL5: Concretionary and globular Shattuckite growths, with a felted surface and radial growths on the edges of the specimen. The light blue color is intense and uniform.
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 8.2 × 7.1 × 2.2 cm = 3.23” × 2.80” × 0.87”

TLY14AN8: Fluorite crystal formed by smooth cube faces, along with octahedral ones with polycrystalline growths, between transparent and translucent, of a very deep green color, with violet colored zoning in some areas, and with centered inclusions that look like eyes, so this type of specimen is known as an "alien eye".
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm = 0.94” × 0.83” × 0.83”

MV63R5: Group of cubic crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are transparent, very bright and have spectacular changes of color, between the green and the deepest and intense blue-violet shades.
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia (09-11/2009)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.80” × 2.05” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.67” × 0.55”

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”

ER49X0: Group of cubo-octahedral crystals, one of them clearly dominant and of a considerable size for the locality. They are translucent and have a very deep green color with violet color zoning in some areas.
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 9.4 × 8.6 × 4 cm = 3.70” × 3.39” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 5.5 cm = 2.44” × 2.17”

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 = 4.13” × 2.60” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.47” × 0.28”

MR96R5: Group of cubic crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are transparent, bright and have a very fine violet color zoning parallel to the edges of the intense green crystals. Some areas on the sample are partially coated by small white crystals of Calcite.
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia (09-11/2009)

Specimen size: 15.5 × 7.8 × 4.3 cm = 6.10” × 3.07” × 1.69”

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

TR51R3: Druse of sharp cubic crystals of Fluorite, with well-defined faces and edges, very bright, transparent, and with sharply contrasting phantom growths, in a deep mauve and light yellow color, both colors being rare at Okorusu, where green is usually the dominant color for Fluorite.

The Okorusu mineralization is associated with a Cretaceous alkaline carbonatite complex. Fluorite occurs in cavities and fractures formed during late hydrothermal processes related to the carbonatite intrusion.
The locality is internationally known for its high-quality Fluorite crystals, typically green, although yellow, mauve and bicolored specimens are also found.
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia (2009)

Specimen size: 15.5 × 14 × 4 cm = 6.10” × 5.51” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2 cm = 0.98” × 0.79”

TL96L5: Testaceous group of well defined prismatic 'lepidolite' crystals. Excellent terminations and nice mauve color. Associated with laminar Albite crystals and minor Fluorapatite (very fluorescent) in the matrix.
Otjua Mine, Otjua Farm 37, Karibib District, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 13.3 × 9.4 × 5.6 cm = 5.24” × 3.70” × 2.20”

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

TP6AL3: Very sharp Topaz crystal very rich in faces, transparent, with excellent luster and implanted on a Quartz matrix. We will deliver the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Kleine Spitzkoppe, Spitzkopje area, Karibib District, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm = 0.98” × 0.98” × 0.67”

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

EFJ91CD1: Thick, rich in faces and very well placed in a smoky Quartz crystal, this Topaz is a very good representative of the best from this famous locality in Namibia.
Kleine Spitzkoppe, Spitzkopje area, Karibib District, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.6 × 2.8 cm = 2.32” × 1.81” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.6 cm = 1.46” × 1.42”

TG12N2: A novelty of Tucson 2009. Flattened crystal of hexagonal profile on a matrix of pinkish Calcite. Very interesting is the fact that the crystals have some terminations. It has been analyzed and shown to be Phlogopite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the sample.
Arandis, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region  Namibia (2008)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.3 × 3.7 cm = 1.54” × 1.30” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.9 cm = 1.46” × 1.14”

TA26N2: A novelty of Tucson 2009. Flattened crystal of hexagonal profile on a matrix of pinkish Calcite. Very interesting is the fact that the crystals have some terminations. It has been analyzed and shown to be Phlogopite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the sample.
Arandis, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region  Namibia (2008)

Specimen size: 8 × 7.1 × 3.5 cm = 3.15” × 2.80” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 6.6 × 5.5 cm = 2.60” × 2.17”

TW27L1: Group of cubic and sharp Fluorite crystals, very transparent, showing deep green cubic internal and centered zonations. The lighter green color is specially pleasant and intense. The main crystal presents an interesting curiosity: is totally hollow, due to natural dissolution processes.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region  Namibia (2007)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.81” × 1.18” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.98”

TC16FV: Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial, rich in crystal forms, with the predominance of the cube and, to a lesser extent, the rhombo-dodecahedron, of deep violet color, with geometric color zoning, implanted in a matrix of water-clear Quartz crystals and numerous Topaz crystals. This specimen comes from the Jan Buma collection (number 011069) whose collection file we will send to the buyer.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 6.4 × 6.4 × 4.2 cm = 2.52” × 2.52” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.1 cm = 0.63” × 0.43”

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 = 3.15” × 2.09” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.4 cm = 0.98” × 0.94”

MM11Y9: Scepter-shaped growth with an octahedral crystal at the top that shows very well defined dissolution shapes and has a green color, more intense and bright at the base. Just different.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.34” × 1.02” × 0.75”

TK69S0: A novelty at Tucson 2011. Crystal with a very acute pyramidal polycrystalline termination. The crystal is transparent, bright and a deep sky blue color with slight violet shades. They are floaters with irregular surfaces, having had been formed in channels of dissolution in bigger crystals, now missing.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a novelty from Tucson 2011 in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 70 in the volume 16, number 2
Ameib Farm 60 (Ameib Farm), Usakos, Karibib District, Erongo Region  Namibia (02-03/2010)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 1.06” × 0.35” × 0.31”

TB69S0: A novelty at Tucson 2011. Crystal with a very acute pyramidal polycrystalline termination. The crystal is transparent, bright and a deep sky blue color with slight violet shades. They are floaters with irregular surfaces, having had been formed in channels of dissolution in bigger crystals, now missing.
Ameib Farm 60 (Ameib Farm), Usakos, Karibib District, Erongo Region  Namibia (02-03/2010)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 1.26” × 0.28” × 0.24”

TYM10AN9: Group of Beryl crystals with excellent terminations, transparent, lustrous, colorless (goshenite variety) and with inclusions of acicular Schorl crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2 × 1.7 × 2.1 cm = 0.79” × 0.67” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.20”

TL8X6: Very aerial group of bright and transparent crystals. They have a very intense blue color, very well defined faces and edges and perfect pinacoidal terminations and are on feldspar matrix.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region  Namibia (2012)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4 × 2.1 cm = 1.89” × 1.57” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 0.8 cm = 1.38” × 0.31”

TK87X5: Group of Beryl (aquamarine variety) crystals, one of them clearly dominant, doubly terminated, with the prism faces beveled by a pyramid and the pinacoid. They are very transparent and bright, with a very well defined and uniform sky-blue color. They are on a feldspar matrix with small black Schorl crystals.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region  Namibia (2012)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3 × 1.4 cm = 2.01” × 1.18” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 0.8 cm = 1.46” × 0.31”

TA49X6: Bright single Beryl crystal (aquamarine), with very intense color and very well defined faces and edges and a parallel growth. It is on a feldspar crystal matrix with Schorl crystals.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region  Namibia (2012)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.9 × 3.4 cm = 2.05” × 1.54” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.77” × 0.59”

TJM13AO0: Group of Schorl crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges and an unusual shape with a very short prism. The lustrous crystals are partially covered by small water-clear Quartz crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2.1 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 0.83” × 0.83” × 0.59”

TJ66H9: We especially note, on the same specimen, the coincidence of a prismatic crystal of Schorl with two crystals of Beryl (Aquamarine) on a matrix of Feldspar, probably Orthoclase.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.7 × 3 cm = 2.13” × 1.85” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 5.1 × 2.2 cm = 2.01” × 0.87”

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”

TE8X5: Group of crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with a clear greenish-yellow color and with deep blue geometrical color zoning on terminations. They are on a thin feldspar matrix with small Schorl crystals.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region  Namibia (2012)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.4 × 2.3 cm = 2.56” × 1.73” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.20”

TZ73R1: Group of Beryl aquamarine crystals with a very well defined and uniform blue color. From transparent to translucent in different areas of the prism but completely transparent on terminations. They are on a base of acicular
crystals of Schorl and support a small coating of yellow Opal in part of the piece.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 10.5 × 7.8 × 4.4 cm = 4.13” × 3.07” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.9 cm = 0.71” × 0.35”

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”

TC14FT: Druse of Fluorite crystals rich in crystal forms, with a predominance of the cube and, to a lesser extent, the rhombo-dodecahedron, with a deep green color and geometric color zoning. The specimen comes from the Jan Buma collection (number 021027) whose collection file we will send to the buyer.
Davib East Farm (Davib Ost Farm), Karibib District, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.2 × 4.5 cm = 2.40” × 2.05” × 1.77”

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

TC180GZ: Group of Schorl crystals with well defined faces and edges and partially covered by transparent, shiny Fluorite crystals with a uniform green color. The specimen comes from the Casado Margolles collection (number FRM 44), whose collection card we will send to the buyer together with the previous label from the Jan Buma collection (number 021025).
Davib East Farm (Davib Ost Farm), Karibib District, Erongo Region  Namibia (12/2001)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 3.1 × 2.5 cm = 3.11” × 1.22” × 0.98”

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

TD14AN1: Floater group of Schorl crystals, one of them dominant. The brilliant crystals have an equant habit reminiscent of garnets due to their short prism faces.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Davib East Farm 61 (Davib Ost Farm), Karibib District, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.14” × 0.94” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”

TL37E0: The photo says a lot about the esthetics of this great specimen, so all we need to add is that it is a floater and that the form and brilliance are as good as the photo suggests. It is a really great specimen.
Davib East Farm 61 (Davib Ost Farm), Karibib District, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 7.5 × 7 × 3.8 cm = 2.95” × 2.76” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.67” × 0.55”

MF96AI4: Very aerial aggregate of Schorl crystals that have very well defined crystalline forms with polycrystalline growths and they are very bright.
Davib East Farm 61 (Davib Ost Farm), Karibib District, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 8.9 × 7.1 × 5.6 cm = 3.50” × 2.80” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.8 cm = 1.57” × 1.50”

TFB47AP5: Very aerial group of dodecahedral Andradite crystals beveled by trapezohedron faces, dark brown and shiny, on matrix. The size of the crystals is larger than usual in specimens from this locality.
Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.3 × 4.5 cm = 2.68” × 2.48” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.06” × 0.94”

TTA68CD5: Group of prismatic Beryl crystals (aquamarine variety) of deep sky-blue color, something not so common in specimens from this locality, intertwined with each other and implanted on a Feldspar matrix with lustrous black Schorl crystals .
This very fine specimen comes from the former collection of Thomas von Criegern.
Bergsig Farm 167 (Hohenstein), Omaruru, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.9 × 3.2 cm = 2.60” × 1.93” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.71” × 0.12”

E66FD2: The Italian Demantoids are really good, but this one does not miss the mark by far, transparent, aerial on the matrix of white calcite.
Namgar Mine, Usakos-Omaruru, Erongo  Namibia

Specimen size: 4 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.57” × 1.38” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

TXE27AP5: Group of short prismatic crystals of Schorl, very rich in crystal forms, black and very lustrous.
Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 9.5 × 4.9 × 4.8 cm = 3.74” × 1.93” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 3.6 cm = 1.85” × 1.42”

MTX14AP2: Centered groups of acicular Malachite crystals, with good luster and an intense deep color.
The specimen comes from the collection of Thomas P. Moore and we will send it to the buyer with its original Perky box.
Onganja (Emke) Mine, Helen Farm 235, Onganja mining area, Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.91” × 0.63” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.59” × 0.20”

TM56AL4: Group of primary Malachite crystals, with sharp faces and edges and fine polycrystalline terminations, lustrous, with a very intense color and implanted in a matrix of Calcite crystals.
We will deliver the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, stating that it came from the Melanson collection (Denver 2013)
Onganja (Emke) Mine, Helen Farm 235, Onganja mining area, Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.4 × 2 cm = 1.06” × 0.94” × 0.79”

TX96D8: From old discoveries comes this Cuprite that has been psuedomorphised by Malachite. The piece is a floater, the crystal is well defined, and it has a form that is different from the typical ones. It also has the virtue of being on matrix, something that is not usual in material from this mine. A special classic specimen.
Onganja (Emke) Mine, Helen Farm 235, Onganja mining area, Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 0.98” × 0.87” × 0.67”

TD99P1: The crystals have the very neat forms of the dodecahedron; very unusual, as isolated forms, for Cuprite. They are bright and have reddish reflections, contrasting with the white matrix of Quartz.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 280 in number 2009/4
Onganja (Emke) Mine, Helen Farm 235, Onganja mining area, Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.2 × 2.7 × cm = 3.23” × 2.44” × 1.06”

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

TD87AD1: Very aerial dendritic growths with parallel formations of extraordinarily sharp and very well defined octahedral crystals.
Onganja (Emke) Mine, Helen Farm 235, Onganja mining area, Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.02” × 0.87” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.55” × 0.16”

TE48AD1: Dendritic growth of crystals that have very well defined faces and edges, with the dominant forms of the octahedron and the dodecahedron.
Onganja (Emke) Mine, Helen Farm 235, Onganja mining area, Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.4 × 1.5 cm = 1.10” × 0.94” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.7 cm = 0.55” × 0.28”

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”

TX30AD1: Very aerial arborescent growth of very well defined crystals, slightly elongated, with the octahedron and the dodecahedron as dominant forms.
Onganja (Emke) Mine, Helen Farm 235, Onganja mining area, Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 7 × 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 2.76” × 1.46” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

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”

EB66X0: Very aerial spherical growths. They are translucent and with a green color that changes its intensity, it passes to whitish on the smaller spherules at the base.
Koedoekop, Keetmanshoop Rural District, ǁKaras Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 9.3 × 3.7 × 6.4 cm = 3.66” × 1.46” × 2.52”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”

TX68AL1: Extraordinary specimen of this very rare Yttrium phosphate, as white spherulitic growths that stand out in very well defined fashion on the blackish matrix.
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Lüderitz District, ǁKaras Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.54” × 1.38” × 0.67”

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

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, ǁKaras Region  Namibia (2007-2010)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.9 × 5.9 cm = 2.80” × 2.32” × 2.32”

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

MV71AC6: Botryoidal aggregates of small greenish blue Smithsonite crystals on a matrix coated by small and very bright Hemimorphite crystals. Very esthetic as the image shows.
This sample has been photographed and published in the magazine "Le Règne Minéral" number 126, page 47
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Lüderitz District, ǁKaras Region  Namibia (2007-2010)

Specimen size: 12.7 × 7.1 × 3.8 cm = 5.00” × 2.80” × 1.50”

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

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, ǁKaras Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.77” × 1.73” × 0.87”

MK49AA7: 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”

MF38AA7: 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: 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”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.1 cm = 0.24” × 0.04”

TB88: A Namibian novelty: in one area of the Namibian dessert, more or less due West of Uis, people found new Actinolites, very sharp and with a slight green tint, making the specimens more agreeable than others that are blacker. We got this specimen, which is a floater and complete on all its sides, for its luster and perfection.
Ais, electoral district Dâures, Erongo Region  Namibia (12/02)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm = 3.35” × 0.98” × 0.79”