Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

Minute orange crystal of erikjonssonite from the type and only locality. Photo Sönke Stolze, specimen Liam Schofield.

A section of hausmannite matrix is broken to reveal one perfect 3mm+ crystal of harkerite and three negative impressions.

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Yellow kombatite with hausmannite. Photo and collection Joachim Esche. Modified Wild M420 photomacroscope with apozoom and Canon EOS 550D.

© Joachim Esche 2017

A 1 cm gemmy crystal of Nambulite from the Kombat mine, Namibia. Specimen and photo: Knut Eldjarn.

© Knut Eldjarn

A 2 mm across red grain of Asisite with black Hausmannite. This material was originally labeled as chubutite. Robert Meyer specimen and photograph.

© 2009 Robert O. Meyer

An interesting intergrowth of Asisite and Sahlinite, associated with black Hausmannite. Robert Meyer specimen and photograph.

© 2009 Robert O. Meyer

Lemon-yellow grains of Kombatite on Hausmannite. Robert Meyer specimen and photograph.

© 2009 Robert O. Meyer

Red Asisite from the Type Locality. Photo Germano Fretti. Collection Luigi Chiappino.

Reddish-brown, translucent Defernite. Former Jaroslav Hyrsl collection. Rolf Luetcke specimen and photo.

Yellowish gray crystals in defernite in hematite matrix. Large crystal near center of specimen 2.1 cm in length. Collection and photograph Norman King.

© Norman King

Sony Alpha 7R ii, bellows, Mitutoyo M Plan 10x, aperture, Raynox DCR-250 retro, Stack-Master linear actor, stack shot control. Defernite blades with copper inclusions and black hematite. Collection and photo: Stephan Wolfsried.

© Stephan Wolfsried 12/2016

Rose-brown idiomorphic "porphyroblastic" laths of defernite. Sony Alpha 7R IV A /Mitutoyo Plan Apo X 2 / Achromatic doublet retro/"Stone Master Stack Unit" linear-actor & Control/ Aperture. Photo & Collection: Christophe Boutry.

© Christophe Boutry

Yellow kombatite crystal on matrix. This photo modified by Combine ZP. It consists of several exposures combined to improve depth of field. Camera: Nikon D3300 body on a Zeiss Standard microscope frame. Objective: Leitz P 5.6x/0.15na LWD with an Olympus NFK 2.5x projective ocular. Micromount specimen purchased from and identified by Poli ...

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Collection M. Kampf No 99-076.

A small, 0.2 cm, fragment of massive, nearly pure, holdawayite. Mineral becomes progressively darker upon exposure, as compared to fresh pale pink color, and develops a grungy blackish-brown coating. Excalibur Mineral specimen. S408-012

© 2009, JGW

Pink crystalline mass of Alleghanyite.

© Elmar Lackner 2006

A portion of the holotype specimen of hereroite (BM 2010,101) showing bright orange hereroite (top right)and a glassy greenish yellow grain of vladkrivovichevite (top left). The quartz matrix also contains greenish asisite and orange-brown kombatite. Fine grained Mn-silicates are abundant but cannot be separately seen in this photograph, and a ...

© Rick Turner, 2011

Pale pink transparent to translucent granular crystalline aggregate of nearly pure ribbeite from the type locality. S408-014. Excalibur Mineral Company specimen.

© 2009, JGW

Brown shiny crystals of Defernite.

© Elmar Lackner 2006

Blood-red earthy masses in manganese ore matrix. S115-11. Excalibur Mineral specimen.

© 2008, JGW

.7mm grain of kombatite. JBS specimen and photo.

© 2007 Jason B. Smith

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Red-coloured inclusion in Hausmannite. Photographer and collection O. Dziallas.

© O. Dziallas 2005

Sparse reddish masses of kirschsteinite are present within matrix. Good for this rare species. Ex Steve Pullman collection; previous label from Sid Williams.

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Triclinic plates of britvinite. Associated minerals, not in the photograph, include, asisite, jacobsite, and defernite. Specimen has been analyzed. Brent Thorne specimen and photograph.

© Brent Thorne 2010

Dioptase xx with Smithsonite xx. Field of view 40 mm. Collection M. Kampf No 98-028.

Cerussite crystals on cerussite matrix. Obtained in 1989. Specimen 600 in the collection of the photographer, Alan Goldstein.

© Alan Goldstein

A drusy crust of mottramite from Namibia in the Creekmur collection.

© Charles Creekmur

Yellow-coloured inclusion in Hausmannite. Photographer and collection O. Dziallas.

© O. Dziallas 2005

Sparse reddish masses of kirschsteinite are present within this 3.2 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm matrix. Good for this rare species. Ex Steve Pullman collection; previous label from Sid Williams.

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Photo by Steve C. Chamberlainn.

© Steven C. Chamberlain

A granular 2.4 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm hematite matrix, this with reddish-brown masses of defernite. Ex Anna Mae Anderson collection.

© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals

Blue aragonite backlit to show color. Ex. S. Pieters.

Nice matrix specimen with a deep red cuprite crystal with dodecahedral habit, accompanied by calcite. My collection. Acquired in Namibia 2005.

© Roger Lang 2008

Pink granules >1 mm on the rich matrix. Obtained from Adriana and Renato Pagano. In my personal systematic suite. Photo Simone Citon.

© Simone Citon

Red Asisite (TL) in Hausmannite matrix.

© Elmar Lackner 2006

Tan crystals of johninnesite on rhodonite associated with richterite. FOV 6mm. The vein of johninnesite is 6.5cm x 3 cm and the specimen is 6.5cm x 10.5 cm. This specimen was mentioned in the original description of the mineral. It was collected by John Innes and was in his personal collection. Acquired from Ausrox. Brent Thorne specimen and ...

© Brent Thorne 2009

Sparse micro colorless grains of damaraite in a matrix with white cerussite. Ex Steve Pullman collection; previous label from Sid Williams.

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White platy Cahnite with black Hausmannite and red Asisite. Robert Meyer specimen and photograph.

© 2009 Robert O. Meyer

Reverse side of the small, 0.2 cm, fragment of massive, nearly pure, holdawayite. Mineral becomes progressively darker upon exposure, as compared to fresh pale pink color, and develops a grungy blackish-brown coating. Excalibur Mineral specimen. S408-011

© 2009, JGW

Rich bronze masses of kirschsteinite are within matrix. Very good for this rare species! Ex Steve Pullman collection; previous label from Sid Williams.

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Octahedral crystal of jacobsite. Associated minerals, not in the photograph, include, asisite, britvinite, and defernite. Brent Thorne specimen and photograph.

© Brent Thorne 2010

Yellow-orange crystal of richterite on calcite. Associated minerals include, johninnesite, rhodonite, cahnite, and serandite. Brent Thorne specimen and photograph.

© Brent Thorne 2009

Field of view 37 mm. Collection M. Kampf No 98-028.

This set of four well-developed crystals shows good form, excellent clarity below the frequently frosted surfaces, and some associated Duftite. Ex. Willy Israel Collection.

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translucents crystals of Descloizite Sample size: 6 x 3 cm Collection and photo: Arliguie M

© Arliguie M

A partial tabular crystal of Nambulite, translucent brownish-red in colour, and very lustrous on the flat crystal faces. Collection: ex. Uli Bahmann Collection.

© Kristalle and Crys

Very rich egg yolk yellow - golden masses of sahlinite in a crust over hausmannite/defernite matrix.

© Thames Valley Minerals

Flattened stepped smokey rhombic calcites cover a knob of calcareous matrix.

© Geoffrey Krasnov

Deep red lustrous crystals of cuprite measuring to 0.7 cm in size are covering the top side of a matrix. No damage. The crystals are exceptionally lustrous and of excellent quality. Ex Lloyd Tate collection. Prior label from Blair Gartrell with a note giving his acquistion date in 1992 from Clive Queit. Ref: The Mineralogical Record: 20: 481, 397.

© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals

Holdawayite is a very rare manganese carbonate hydroxide chloride found at only three localities worldwide. This very rich piece of essentially solid holdawayite is from the Type Locality - the Kombat Mine of Namibia. The sculptural specimen is composed of moderate-lustre, sooty black, lamellar crystals. Scattered about are tiny yellow clusters of ...

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Housed in the University of Delaware Mineralogical Museum. Note the picture was taken through a museum case, so the size is only an estimate) 12 cm x 7 cm Delaware Mineralogical Museum, April 2010

© Bob Simonoff

This specimen was labeled as being the variety Psittacinite which is a green variety of Mottramite. Also, the location was labeled as Nassib which is most probably Nosib (see discussion in https://www.mindat.org/mesg-7-456998.html) Most of the Mottramite on this specimen is a very dark green almost black color (in real life, darker than in ...

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Nambulite crystal from Kombat.

A granular hematite matrix, this with reddish-brown masses of defernite. Ex Anna Mae Anderson collection.

© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals

A large complete Dioptase crystal over 2cm in length is embedded in a translucent Calcite matrix, surrounded by several smaller Dioptase crystals. The vivid green colour of the Dioptase against the white matrix creates a good contrast. Very pretty display. Size: 45mm x 75mm x 30mm

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Discoidal serrated edge crystals with opaque edges and brown centers on matrix. The underside has minor bright green mottramite. Ex. M&G Miller.

© Geoffrey Krasnov

Dioptase. Specimen is from the collection of Arthur Montgomery. Scale at bottom of image is an inch with a rule at one cm.

© Rock Currier

Cluster of crystals. From an old German collection. Label said phosgenite, but I had it analyzed anyway, and it is! Collection of Rudy Bolona.

Rhodonite crystal with johninnesite. Associated minerals include, richterite, cahnite, calcite, and serandite. Brent Thorne specimen and photograph.

© Brent Thorne 2009

Rui Nunes' specimen and photo, 2006.

© Rui Nunes 2006

Small colorless grains of cahnite are in this matrix. One side is slabbed flat to show the cahnite best. Ex Steve Pullman collection; previous label from Sid Williams.

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A 1 cm crystal of Nambulite on Gypsum.

© C. Stefano '09

RRUFF Project Specimen ID: R060249 Locality: Kombat mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia Source: William W. Pinch Colorless to tan aggregate of bladed crystals associated with rhodonite

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You don’t often find such nicely developed crystals of this habit of Cerussite and this has very good clarity and color, as well. Ex. Willy Israel Collection.

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Collection of Jesse Crawford. The depth of field has been enhanced using Helicon Focus (11 exposures). Equipment: Nikon D-100 digital camera on a homemade microscope.

© 2008 by Jesse Crawford

Green crystal of manganosite. Associated minerals, not in the photograph, include, cuprite and a unknown white mineral. Brent Thorne specimen and photograph.

© Brent Thorne 2013

Rui Nunes' specimen and photo, December 2007.

© Rui Nunes 2007

This specimen consists of a fan of striated and serated white calcite on a matrix of deep green malachite needles.

© 2009 Eric C. Graff

Defernite in laths in Hausmannite matrix.

Dioptase from Namibia that predates Tsumeb. Label says it is from Guchab, Otavibergland, Grootfontain district, Namibia. Larger crystal is 2.7 cm tall. Photograph and collection of Bill Besse.

© William W. Besse

Rich bronze masses of kirschsteinite are within this 3.7 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm matrix. Very good for this rare species! Ex Steve Pullman collection; previous label from Sid Williams.

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Malachite is reported, but is very uncommon from the Kombat Mine, source of some of the finest cerussites extant. This very showy, 3-dimensional miniature crust is composed entirely of radial tufts of beautifully chatoyant, acicular primary malachite crystals. The needles scintillate in light. Older and very rare material from the 1960s or 1970s ...

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Sparse micro colorless grains of damaraite in a 2.8 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm matrix with white cerussite. Ex Steve Pullman collection; previous label from Sid Williams.

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A 2.2 cm nambulite crystal on gypsum with a few opaque pink nambulite crystals partially imbedded in the gypsum. Private collection.

© Bruce Cairncross