Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Descloizite

Views:
Watches:
CR628020

Descloizite

Classic Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Description

This is truely a fantastic and very lustrous descloizite specimen from the famous Berg Aukas mine.

A very attractive and pristine specimen from an old collection - acquired 1971.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Descloizite

Formula: 
Pb(Zn,Cu)(VO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Sierra de Córdoba, Punilla Department, Córdoba, Argentina