WSAFR-42 - Hematite and calcite

N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Mn Field, Kuruman (Northern Cape, South Africa)

Highly lustrous black crystals of hematite to 2 cm. on massive mineral along with several rounded white crystals of calcite. The hematite crystals are undamaged, however a couple of them are lacking, calcite has some cleaved areas.

8.5x6.2x5 - 135 €

WSAFR-01/58 - Rhodochrosite

Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Mn Field (Northern Cape, South Africa)

Massive manganese ore with a 3.5x2 cm. cavity coated by a botroidal crust made of 1-mm. pink rhodochrosite crystals.

6x4.2x2.8 - 30 €

WSAFR-S/N-1 - Descloizite

Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein (Namibia)

Small cluster of dark brown crystals of descloizite to 1.3 cm. across. Some edges show a greenish translucency when backlit. Undamaged.

1.5x1.5x1 - 11 €

WSAFR-00/18 - Quartz (amethyst)

Gobobos Mtns. (Namibia)

A highly lustrous semitransparent terminated 4x2.5x1.8-cm. amethyst composite-crystal of a lovely purple color free-standing on a small piece of volcanic matrix. Just a very tiny nick at the termination, otherwise undamaged.

4x3.5x3.5 - 75 €

WSAFR-01/15 - Quartz (amethyst)

Gobobos Mtns. (Namibia)

Loose highly lustrous transparent singly terminated amethyst crystal of a lovely purple color. Undamaged with the exception of a contacted area on a side as seen at left in the photo.

4.5x1.8x1.8 - 21 €

WSAFR-04/42 - Aquamarine and microcline

Erongo Mtns. (Namibia)

Nice cluster of lustrous blue transparent crystals of aquamarine with gemmy terminations on a matrix of small crystals of creamy microcline partly coated by a thin oxide film. The largest aquamarine crystal is 4x1.3x0.6 cm. and is doubly terminated. Some aquamarines present small black needles of tourmaline at the terminations as seen in the photos. There is a terminated black tourmaline crystal to add to the specimen. Undamaged and a very good Erongo aquamarine specimen.

5.5x5x2.3 - 220 €

WSAFR-04/39 - Aquamarine and tourmaline

Erongo Mtns. (Namibia)

Doubly terminated crystal of black tourmaline with a cluster of two lustrous partly gemmy blue transparent crystals of aquamarine growing at one of the terminations associated to white corroded microcline. The largest aquamarine crystal is 2.8x1.4x1 cm. and has some needles of black tourmaline at the termination. The smaller aquamarine has a small ding at the termination, otherwise undamaged.

4.5x4x2 - Sold

WSAFR-04/40 - Aquamarine and microcline

Erongo Mtns. (Namibia)

Gemmy lustrous blue transparent crystals of aquamarine nicely contrasting with a matrix of corroded white microcline and a few small terminated crystals of black tourmaline associated. The main aquamarine crystal is 4.1x1.1x0.9 cm and is doubly terminated. Undamaged.

6.5x4x3.5 - 200 €

WSAFR-02/26 - Aquamarine

Erongo Mtns. (Namibia)

Doubly terminated loose crystal of greenish blue aquamarine, translucent at the terminations and heavily included at center. The prism faces have been lightly etched and present a nice scalloped surface. Tiny black crystals of tourmaline attached. Some contact areas at the back of the crystal.

6.2x4.4x3.7 - 200 €

WSAFR-00/21 - Aquamarine and tourmaline

Erongo Mtns. (Namibia)

Large lustrous crystal of black tourmaline with a crude acicular termination and a nice transparent singly terminated 1.9x0.7x0.7-cm. aquamarine crystal attached.

5.5x3.7x3.7 - 80 €

WSAFR-01/64 - Tourmaline and quartz

Erongo Mtns. (Namibia)

Group of smoky quartz crystals to 3.5x3.5 cm. forming a parallel cluster with lustrous prismatic terminated black crystals of tourmaline to 2x2 cm. attached. Some white crystals of microcline presented as well. Tourmaline crystals are contacted at left side of the specimen and there is a ding at the back of the termination of the quartz as seen in the right photo.

6.5x6x3.3 - 56 €