| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Namibia > Descloizite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 15772 |
| Mineral: | Descloizite |
| Locality: | Berg Aukas Mine, 16 km ENE of Grootfontein, Otavi Mountain Land, Namibia |
| Description: | Unusual formation of near-black descloizite crystals with crystal terminations of many minute crystal faces. At first glance it looks like an overgrowth of another mineral, but is in fact an uncommon habit of descloizite. Ex. M. Sussman collection. |
| Overall Size: | 7x3.5x2.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 4-12 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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