EB36J8: A very recent rediscovery of this rare species, which seems to have disappeared many years ago. On fissures and vugs of a Limonite matrix grown small yellowish crystals of this rare phosphate on a base of blue Turquoise.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section of the March 13, 2008 edition.
Kourou Diakouma Mount ((Kouroudiako), Saraya Department, Kédougou Region  Senegal (01-03/2007)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.3 × 3.1 cm = 1.65” × 0.91” × 1.22”

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

EQR64CD2: Lenticular geode of well-profiled and sharp crystals of Senegalite, transparent, shiny, and yellow in color. On matrix, with bands of very intense blue Turquoise crystals.
It comes from the type locality for the species, from which little or nothing has arrived for a long time, and we only know about it through old pieces like this one.
Kourou Diakouma Mount ((Kouroudiako), Saraya Department, Kédougou Region  Senegal

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.7 × 1,7 cm = 1.69” × 1.06” × 0.39”

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

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 ((Kouroudiako), Saraya Department, Kédougou Region  Senegal (2007-2008)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.5 × 2.7 cm = 2.64” × 1.77” × 1.06”

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

EM97M2: Very rich Senegalite vug coated by very sharp and lustrous crystals, with an intense yellow color and transparency. Between the matrix and the Senegalite crystal base, one can see a thin blue layer of Turquoise that is coating other small vugs in the matrix, accompanied by Crandallite. It is from a recent find (March 2008) at the Type Locality for the species.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazines ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 68 in the volume 40 number 1, and in ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ page 190, number 2008/3. Also in the magazine "Lapis" number 04/2014, page 11
Kourou Diakouma Mount ((Kouroudiako), Saraya Department, Kédougou Region  Senegal (03/2008)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.6 × 5.9 cm = 3.03” × 2.60” × 2.32”

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

EF47AC2: Very rich Senegalite vug with spheroidal growths of very sharp and lustrous crystals with an intense yellowish green 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 single find in 2008.

Kourou Diakouma Mount ((Kouroudiako), Saraya Department, Kédougou Region  Senegal (2007-2008)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6 × 4.3 cm = 3.31” × 2.36” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

EP48M2: Really esthetic specimen formed by vugs coated by very sharp and lustrous Senegalite crystals, with an intense yellowish color and transparency. Between the matrix and the Senegalite crystal base, one can see a thin blue layer of Turquoise that is coating other small vugs in the matrix. The specimen is from a recent find (March 2008) at the Type Locality for the species.
Kourou Diakouma Mount ((Kouroudiako), Saraya Department, Kédougou Region  Senegal (03/2008)

Specimen size: 10.1 × 9 × 5.2 cm = 3.98” × 3.54” × 2.05”

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

ET48AM4: Group of pseudocubic Bixbyite crystals, large for the species, lustrous, on matrix and associated with small, very lustrous, octahedral Hausmannite crystals.
The specimen is from the Peter Rosewarne collection (number Rc899), whose label we will send to the buyer.
N'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2011)

Specimen size: 10 × 7.4 × 4.6 cm = 3.94” × 2.91” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.87”

BLB97AO8: Centered groups of elongated Calcite crystals with excellent terminations, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense pink color. On matrix, with black Manganite microcrystals.
Both the Calcite and Manganite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. The specimen comes from an important European collection.
N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.3 × 5.5 cm = 3.86” × 2.48” × 2.17”

MH27R8: Esthetic growth of two groups of elongated radiating prismatic crystals with very acute terminations. The crystals, bright and of uniform clear sky blue color, are on a small matrix.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2009)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 8 × 4.5 cm = 3.35” × 3.15” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 0.9 cm = 1.77” × 0.35”

EZ56R1: 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: 8 × 8 × 6 × cm = 3.15” × 3.15” × 2.36”

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

MZ14D5: The N'Chwaning Mine is famous for its fine Rhodos but it also produces curious Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) specimens which are totally different from the Indian ones or any others for that matter. This esthetic group perched on its matrix displays very well due the extremely aerial position of the crystals.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2001)

Specimen size: 7 × 3.5 × 3 cm = 2.76” × 1.38” × 1.18”

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

MF86Y9: Irregular aggregate of very sharp Gaudefroyite crystals that are very aerial, bright and are with small white Baryte crystals.
This specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 39 in the volume 48, number 1 (January-February 2017)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.65” × 1.02” × 0.71”

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

ML14AM6: Octahedral Hausmannite crystal with very sharp and shiny polycrystalline growths, on a matrix of Bementite crystals. We will send the buyer the specimen in its original perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.3 × 1.7 cm = 0.83” × 0.51” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.3 cm = 0.67” × 0.51”

TAT47AO3: Group of octahedral Hausmannite crystals of good size, with polycrystalline growths, lustrous and very aerial.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.22” × 1.06” × 0.83”

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

LR36F4: This specimen shows parallel growths on a single axis, so typical of the finds from N'Chwanning. The tetrahedral crystals are brilliant with very well defined faces and edges, and a brilliant surface.
From the David Lucas collection, number 587 so we will give the buyer his label.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.2 × 3.3 cm = 1.38” × 1.26” × 1.30”

ET29Y5: Irregular aggregate of very sharp octahedral crystals, extraordinarily bright, on matrix and with small groups of white Celestine crystals.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.3 × 2.9 cm = 2.64” × 2.09” × 1.14”

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

EC56R1: 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: 8.5 × 3.4 × 2.5 cm = 3.35” × 1.34” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

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

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

MM46AN0: Complex floater Hematite crystal, very rich in crystal forms, with an extraordinarily bright luster.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.4 × 1.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.94” × 0.59”

BLM88AQ1: Radial groups of acicular Inesite crystals, translucent and with an intense pink, almost red color. On matrix, with thick tabular crystals of transparent and colorless Baryte.
N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 8.7 × 4.7 × 2.6 cm = 3.43” × 1.85” × 1.02”

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

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 = 1.50” × 1.14” × 1.10”

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

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 = 2.83” × 2.01” × 1.65”

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

NM66AL0: Double fan-like growth of white acicular crystals, with good terminations visible with a loupe, and with a satin luster.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.8 × 1.8 cm = 2.48” × 2.28” × 0.71”

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 = 1.97” × 1.30” × 0.51”

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

ER67AM3: Lamellar crystals of Shigaite, a rare manganese sulfate, with a sharp hexagonal outline, translucent, with very good luster and an intense red color with brown reflections, implanted on a rock matrix covered by brilliant Rhodochrosite crystals with an intense pink color.
N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (±2006)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 2.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.13” × 0.87” × 1.06”

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

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 is implated on a botryoidal Rhodochrosite aggregate and it is with crystalline Siderite. Not bad for the species.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2016, page 80
N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2007)

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

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

TQ97N0: A novelty for Tucson 2009. Very well defined crystals of the best quality for the species. With an excellent luster, they are on a matrix of white crystals of Calcite. From a recent find (2008) at the new N’Chwanning III mine.
N'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2008)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 6 × 3.9 cm = 2.60” × 2.36” × 1.54”

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

MD64AK3: Group of very sharp Bixbyite crystals, of cubic habit, very bright, on matrix, with Calcite and small Sturmanite crystals.
The specimen is from the Carles Manresa collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
N'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.8 × 2.7 cm = 1.73” × 1.50” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

TG96W4: Group of extraordinarily large cubic crystals of Bixbyite. They are very bright and form polycrystalline growths, with small crystals of Hausmannite and small white coatings of Celestine.
N'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2011)

Specimen size: 10 × 7.4 × 4.6 cm = 3.94” × 2.91” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.87”

TF12X3: A novelty at Tucson 2013. Sharp, brilliant, octahedral crystals. The contrast between the black Jacobsite crystals and the white Calcite makes this specimen nicer than usual.
We'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the piece.
N'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (±08/2012)

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

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

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 = 1.10” × 1.02” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

EX91AG3: A novelty at Denver 2017. Botryoidal aggregates of Jouravskite micro-crystals, a very rare calcium and manganese sulfate-carbonate. They are very sharp, very bright, have and an extraordinary lemon-yellow color and are on a Xonotlite matrix.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Munich 2017’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 71 of number 1/2018 and the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2018, page 103
N'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2017)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.6 × 1.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.42” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.28” × 0.12”

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 = 2.28” × 2.20” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”

EZ99AG4: A novelty at Denver 2017. Very well defined lenticular Jouravskite crystals, a very rare calcium and manganese sulfate-carbonate. They are translucent, very bright, with an extraordinary lemon-yellow color and on matrix, with white Xonotlite aggregates and translucent botryoidal Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) aggregates with a lavender color.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 64 in number 2017/2
N'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2017)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 4.4 × 1.2 cm = 3.46” × 1.73” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.28” × 0.12”

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

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

ER27X0: Radial growths of acicular crystals of Inesite with a very deep color, with white scalenohedral crystals of Calcite and on a botryoidal growth of Orlymanite, a rare silicate of calcium and manganese. From the type locality for Orlymanite.
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 6.7 × 3.6 × 2 cm = 2.64” × 1.42” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.1 cm = 0.39” × 0.04”

EH37D2: Really nice form for this reasonably uncommon mineral and just how I like them: very aerial crystals well separated from the matrix.
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (1980)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.7 × 3 cm = 1.97” × 1.85” × 1.18”

MD12AE7: Botryoidal aggregate of Gageite, a rare manganese and zinc silicate. It has a greenish-brown color and is coating a matrix of manganese oxides crowned by a group of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals that are translucent, bright and have a uniform pink color. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.10” × 0.87” × 0.94”

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

TFT53CD4: Group of Rhodochrosite crystals on matrix, forming parallel polycrystalline aggregates, of intense and uniform pink color and with good luster, exhibiting a habit that is not very common in the Wessels mine.
A very aesthetic specimen for the locality.
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 8.7 × 5.4 × 2.4 cm = 3.43” × 2.13” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

EF89AA5: Parallel growths of small Sugilite crystals with good terminations. They are on matrix, with radial sprays of small Pectolite crystals. Very recently we posted this same specimen, but its vivid and uniform bluish color gave us some doubts about its identity, so we removed it until it could be analyzed. We will send the buyer a copy of the analysis confirming that it is sugilite.
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 4.1 × 4 × 2 cm = 1.61” × 1.57” × 0.79”

TQ49AF2: A group of very well-defined crystals on matrix. They are bright and have a very intense color.
Ephesite, a phyllosilicate from the Mica (Group), is a very rare species — even more so in crystals of this size and quality.
The specimen came from Charlie Key.
Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 3.7 × 4.1 × 2.5 cm = 1.46” × 1.61” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

TLR56AP7: Druse of Azurite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, with good luster and intense color, in a concretionary Malachite matrix and minor Chrysocolla. The specimen is from a known African locality, but one from which quality specimens are scarce.
It comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon, with an old handwritten label attached to the back with details of the specimen.
Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape  South Africa

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.4 × 1.7 cm = 1.73” × 1.34” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

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

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

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

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 = 2.13” × 1.85” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.3 cm = 0.71” × 0.51”

TH97N0: Very aerial group of very sharp octahedral crystals of a considerable size. They are transparent, bright and have and 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: 6 × 5 × 3.6 cm = 2.36” × 1.97” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 3 cm = 1.30” × 1.18”

TG50N0: Group of very sharp octahedral crystals. They are transparent, bright, with inclusions, and have an excellent, very intense green color. Partially coated by white Quartz. From a recent find in Riemvasmaak in 2008.
Riemvasmaak, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2008)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.9 × 4.5 cm = 2.76” × 2.32” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.63”

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 = 2.87” × 1.65” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 4.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.89”

EC28Q7: Isolated and grouped octahedral crystals, transparent and with a very intense and uniform green color and partially coated by white Quartz.
Riemvasmaak, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province  South Africa (01/2010)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.7 × 3.2 cm = 3.23” × 2.24” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.67” × 0.59”

TRB27AO5: Very sharp octahedral Fluorite crystals, between translucent and transparent, with good luster and a uniform green color adn with inclusions. On a matrix of white Quartz crystals that do not seem to have been acid-etched, showing a very "fresh" appearance.
Riemvasmaak, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5 × 3.1 cm = 3.31” × 1.97” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.9 cm = 0.55” × 0.35”

EB68Q7: Group of transparent octahedral crystals with a very intense and uniform green color, some of them with centered inclusions.
Riemvasmaak, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province  South Africa (01/2010)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 8.3 × 4.8 cm = 3.66” × 3.27” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.02” × 0.87”

EBM96AP0: Very aerial groups of large, very sharp, transparent octahedral crystals of Fluorite with good luster and an intense green color, associated with small transparent and colorless Quartz crystals.
Riemvasmaak, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 13.6 × 11.4 × 7.6 cm = 5.35” × 4.49” × 2.99”

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

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 = 6.85” × 3.74” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.75”

TB89J1: Very aerial and esthetic specimen with an excellent crystallization in which appear, without predominance of one or another, the faces of the cube, slightly rough, and those of the octahedron, completely smooth. The green color is another feature of this original sample.
Pella, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2006)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 6 × 4.2 cm = 2.48” × 2.36” × 1.65”

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

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

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

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

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

TR17S0: 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 very elongate crystals of white Quartz.
Steinkopf, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (08/2010)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 2.48” × 0.63” × 0.59”

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

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 = 3.23” × 1.38” × 0.98”

ML27T8: Very well defined laminar growths and very thin hooked crystals on Quartz matrix. The sample is from a locality that is rarely referenced in mineral collections.
From the Claus Hedegaard collection (num. 13579), whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Witwatersrand field, Free State Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.34” × 1.10” × 0.87”

MH66AA7: Aggregate of two small very sharp Shigaite crystals. They are laminar, bright, with a very intense and deep color and on a rocky matrix coated by a botryoidal Rhodochrosite growth, very bright and with a very intense, vivid and uniform pink color. The whole sample is extremely esthetic.
N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2006)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.2 × 4.9 cm = 3.43” × 2.44” × 1.93”

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

TMR14AN6: Complete floater group of doubly terminated Corundum crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very sharp crystal forms. Translucent, lustrous, and pale brownish green.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label indicating that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Transvaal Region  South Africa

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

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