David K. Joyce

Tsumeb Namibia, Assorted Minerals

The mines at Tsumeb have been the source of some of the worlds most beautiful and rare minerals! Long closed, here are some nice specimens from the fabled Tsumeb mining camp that have recently become available.

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Item #14328 Barite 3.8x2.9x3.2 cm Largest Crystal Size: 5mm $35.00 Tsumeb Namibia A rounded mass of tightly packed barite crystals that appears to have formed in clay or similar environment. An indiscernible catalogue number id painted on the base. Interesting and unusual!	Item #13725 Leiteite 2.0x0.3x0.2 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $50.00 Tsumeb Namibia A clear, colourless cleavage fragment of this rare zinc arsenate mineral.	Item #13726 Leiteite 2.2x0.3x0.1 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $50.00 Tsumeb Namibia We don't often see this mineral for sale. Here is a cleavage fragment of leiteite.	Item #14600 Mottramite, Calcite 7.9x5.6x2.6 cm Largest Crystal Size: 1mm $45.00 Tsumeb Namibia This specimen is composed mostly of mottramite in branching forms of small crystals. A dark green colouration to the mottramite. Lots of iron tinted calcite crystals on the front of the specimen. There is significant bruising to this specimen but there are lots of good areas of mottramite crystals, as well.
Item #14595 Quartz 7.1x6.8x2.8 cm Largest Crystal Size: 1mm $40.00 Tsumeb Namibia This is "just" a quartz specimen but it is very attractive and eye-catching! It is simply a druae of tiny quartz crystals that have formed over a veneer of copper mineralization (malachite?) on the rock underneath. Some of the quartz seems almost stalactitic. Interesting and attractive.	Item #16318 Descloizite, Calcite 8.5x7.5x4.7 cm Largest Crystal Size: 10mm $175.00 Berg Aukas Grootfontein Namibia An interesting, mound of lobular aggregates of light brown descloizite. The lobes are composed of thin-bladed descloizite crystals. They are simply lustrous descloizite on one side and coated with tiny calcite crystals on the other side. Displays very well!	Item #16319 Descloizite 6.3x5.7x3.6 cm Largest Crystal Size: 16mm $85.00 Grootfontein Namibia A cluster of very large, to 16mm, crystals of rich, lustrous, brown descloizite from THE classic locality.	Item #19880 Wulfenite, Tennantite 6.0x4.1x3.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: w-5mm $35.00 Tsumeb Otavi Namibia Here is an interesting association. The main specimen is rounded, blackened tennantite crystals like we often see from Tsumeb. In addition, though, there are several sharp, tabular, lustrous wulfenite crystals on the tennantite. The bigger wulfenites are chipped but the smaller ones are very sharp and nice. Tsumeb never gets boring!!
Item #20751 Duftite, Mimetite, Dolomite 4.8x3.7x3.8 cm Largest Crystal Size: m-3mm $40.00 Tsumeb Mine Namibia This specimen shows larger, white dolomite(or calcite) crystals totally coated with duftite and sprinkled with prisms and sprays of mimetite. Nice association piece from this famous locality.	Item #20752 Willemite, Smithsonite 5.1x2.6x2.4 cm Largest Crystal Size: w-1.5mm $75.00 Tsumeb Mine Namibia This plate of botryoidal, green, smithsonite is largely covered with sharp, hexagonal prisms of clear, colourless willemite. Really interesting association!	Item #20753 Duftite 4.7x3.3x3.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: n/a $75.00 Tsumeb Mine Namibia The top/front of this specimen is covered with tiny, dark green crystals of duftite. Excellent example!	Item #20767 Adamite, (Cuprian), Quartz 3.6x3.8x2.7 cm Largest Crystal Size: a-0.5mm $35.00 Tsumeb Namibia This specimen has hundreds of cuprian adamite crystals crowded amongst pure white quartz crystals on this specimen. Nice example!
Item #21848 Tsumcorite, Wulfenite 6mm across cm Largest Crystal Size: micro $55.00 Tsumeb Mine Namibia Yellow crystals of tsumcorite are associated with wulfenite crystals on this very small piece. R	Item #21845 Tsumcorite, Wulfenite 14mm across cm Largest Crystal Size: micro $55.00 Tsumeb Mine Namibia Light greenish crystals of tsumcorite are associated with wulfenite crystals on this very small piece. R	Item #21847 Tsumcorite, Wulfenite 6mm across cm Largest Crystal Size: micro $45.00 Tsumeb Namibia Light greenish crystals of tsumcorite are associated with wulfenite crystals on this very small piece. R