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SPECIMENS FROM NAMIBIA

(updated 1/04/2012)

In the spring of 2011, we travelled to Namibia in southwest Africa for a "mineral safari". It was a great trip and a great country to visit. We came home with over 200 quality, affordable, and hard-to-get mineral specimens. Minerals that we acquired included aquamarine, topaz, garnet, tourmaline (schorl), fluorite, prehnite, several varieties of quartz (including amethyst and smoky phantoms,and enhydros), and others. These specimens have been very popular, and we have sold more than half of those that we brought back. The following is a small sampling of what we have to offer from the trip. We recently purchased a lot of great Namibian specimens from the Uli Bahmann collections - click here to see some of those.

__Phlogopite on calcite, Namib Desert near Walvis Bay, Namibia (G11-417), $76. These are very rare specimens related to biotite mica. The calcite fluoresces orange under short-wave UV light. This specimen is about 2.5" across and the large phlogopite crystal is about 1.25" tall. Prices range from $62-76, but we only have a few of these.

____Shattuckite in quartz, Kaokoveld region, Namibia (G11-566), $56. This specimen is about 2.75" across. We only have a few of these beautiful blue specimens, which a copper silicate mineral. Prices range from $36-62, with most under $50.

__Fluorite, Okorusu Mine, Namibia (G11-650), $36. We went right to the mine to get these specimens, and we got some great ones. This specimen is about 1.5" wide and 1.25" tall. We have a variety of sizes and colors, some with quartz or calcite. Prices range from $12-120, with most under $35.

___Tourmaline (schorl) on feldspar, Erongo Mountains, Namibia (G11-530), $30. This specimen is a beautiful cluster, about 3.0" across and 2.0" tall. Some of the other specimens have smoky quartz on them. Prices range from $6-36, with most under $20.

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