Minerals from Africa M&W Minerals

Minerals from Africa and the island of Madagascar

minerals in alphabetical order by first letter only

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A

6755 Microcline variety: Amazonite, Albite, Smoky Quartz Kashale Village, 20 km S. of Konso, Ethiopia 7.5 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm $75	6575 Azurite Psuedomorphing to Malachite with Aragonite Tsumeb, Namibia Ex. Norm Woods 11.8 x 9.8 x 8.1 cm $150	6416 Andradite Garnet variety Demantoid Diana Mine, Diego Suarez, Ambandja, Madagascar 4.2 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm $150
6089 Andradite Garnet on Hematite N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 5.3 x 4.8 x 5 cm $75	6027 Phantom Amethyst/Smoky Quartz with Included Hematite Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia 4.1 x 1.2 x 1.3 cm $125	5071 Phantom Amethyst Scepter on White Quartz with Included Hematite Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia 6.9 x 4.5 x 3.7 cm $75
4141 Double Terminated Amethyst Crystal on Matrix Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia 5 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm Crystal is 3.7 x 1.7 x 2 cm $100	3991 Azurite and Cerussite Tsumeb, Namibia Ex. Gunther Pietsch, Ex. A. C. Moretta #655, Ex. A. E. Seaman Museum 3.5 x 3.5 x 1.2 cm $250	102 Aquamarine Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia 6.5 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm $100

B

5492 Barite

Jebel Ouichane, Saganane (Beni Bou Ifrour), Nador, L'oriental Region, Morocco
6.4 x 6.6 x 5.7 cm
$250

C

6845 Cerussite with Unidentified Inclusions Tsumeb, Namibia Ex. Norm Woods 4 x 3 x 1.9 cm $45	6815 Calcite Tsumeb, Namibia 4.8 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm $50	6775 Cerussite, Barite, Galena, Manganese Oxides Mibladen, Morocco 7.4 x 5.7 x 4.5 cm $75
6664 Calcite with Unidentified Orange crystals (Olmiite?) and White Species Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 8 x 5 x 4.1 cm $45	5512 Charlesite, Hematite, Sturmanite N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Ca₆(Al,Si)₂(SO₄)₂[B(OH)₄](OH,O)₁₂·26H₂O Ex. Steve Pullman 3.3 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm $75	5324 Copper, Cuprite Tsumeb, Namibia Ex. Steve Pullman 5.1 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm $25
5176 Twin Calcite Crystals, minor Duftite Tsumeb, Namibia 9.1 x 5.5 x 4.1 cm The largest crystal is 3.2 cm across. $50	4410 Twinned Calcite Basalt Quarry, Ambariomiambana, Sambava District, Sava Region, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar August 2004 Find 12.3 x 9.5 x 6.4 cm $75	4232 Native Copper Tsumeb, Namibia 5.5 x 3.5 x 1.8 cm $25
4204 Cerussite Twin Tsumeb Mine, Namibia Ex. Hoisington Collection 4.4 x 1.7 x 2.5 cm largest XL is 6 mm in thickness $50	3228 Calcite on Gaudefroyite and Andradite Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa 7.3 x 5.6 x 3.2 cm $50	3184 Calcite Tsumeb, Namibia 7.1 x 4.6 x 5 cm $45
2854 Calcite with Included Hematite Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 6 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm $50	2791 Carrollite on Calcite Kamoto Mine, Kolwezi, Katanga, Congo Cu(Co,Ni)₂S₄ 3.7 x 2.6 x 3.9 cm Carrollite XL is 6 x 7 x 4 $75	2011 Carrollite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo Cu(Co,Ni)₂S₄ 4.6 x 5.2 x 4.5 cm $50

D

6980 Duftite on Calcite

Tsumeb Mine, Namibia
Type Location
AS
Ex. E. Morales from The Silver Pick, Tucson, 1980
4.8 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
SOLD

6807 Dioptase on Quartz

Kakoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
7 x 3.6 x 6.1 cm
$75

E

6947 Etrriginite, Gaudefroyite, Barite, Quartz N'Chwaning Mines, Northern Cape, South Africa 6.5 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm $100	4836 Etrriginite, Andradite, Manganese Oxide N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 10.3 x 8.6 x 2.6 cm $150	2404 Ettringite on Calacite Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·26H₂O 3.8 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm SOLD
1878 Epidote Madagascar 6.7 x 7.2 x 4 cm $200

H

6666 Hematite Crystals Floater with Olmiite Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa CaMn²⁺[SiO₃(OH)](OH) 7.7 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm $100	3647 Hematite and Calcite Crystals Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 4.6 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm $35	3156 Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) on Calcite Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 5.2 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm $100
2911 Hematite Crystals and Hematite Included in Calcite Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 6.3 x 5.2 x 2.4 cm $40

K

6557 Kenotobermorite (labeled as Tobermorite)

The aggregate is one of the largest crystals available.
Type Location
[Ca₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·2H₂O]·3H₂O
Ex. Wolfgang Henkel
4 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
$150

M

5350 Hollow Malachite Stalactite "Finger"

Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
5.3 x 3.1 x 1.3 cm
$50

4629 Malachite Pseudomorph after Azurite

Tsumeb, Namibia
5.2 x 2.8 x 1.6 cm
$150

P

6239 Prehnite with minor Epidote

Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
6 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
$200

369 Prehnite, Graphite

Merelani Hills (Mererani), Lelatema Mts, Arusha Region, Tanzania
2.9 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm
$50

Q

6014 Quartz Coated with Hematite

Tinejdad, Er Rachidia Province (Errachidia Province), Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
8.8 x 7.7 x 2.7 cm
$50

4307 Double Terminated Tabular Amethyst Crystals with Included Hematite

Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.2 x 1.5 x 0.7 cm
$45

R

6094 Rhodochrosite, Manganite, Andradite Garnet Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 6.1 x 3.4 x 2.7 cm $100	6062 Rhodochrosite on Manganite N'Chwaning I Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 5 x 4.6 x 4.7 cm $100	3436 Rhodochrosite N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 4.7 x 4 x 3.7 cm $250
3146 Rhodochrosite Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 7.6 x 5.9 x 1.8 cm $100

S

6984 Double Terminated Smoky Quartz Mt. Malosa, Zomba, Malawi 8 x 5 x 3.4 cm $150	6912 Septarian Concretion - Calcite/Aragonite Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco 4.5 x 4.4 x 0.5 and 4.7 x 4.5 x 0.7 cm $35	6640 Smoky Quartz, Schorl Tourmaline, Fluorescent Hyaline Opal Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia 15.2 x 11.5 x 6.3 cm $350
6390 Smithsonite Tsumeb, Namibia Ex. E. Morales purchased from P.J. Williams, Tuscon 1981 show 7.4 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm $250	5972 Shigaite, Caryopilite, Rhodochrosite, Barite N'Chwaning I Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Shigaite: Mn₆Al₃(OH)₁₈[Na(H₂O)₆](SO₄)₂·6H₂O , Caryopilite: Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄ 6.8 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm The largest Shigaite crystal is 4 mm across. $200	5843 Skutterudite Crystals Aghbar Mine, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Quarzazate, Morocco (Co,Fe,Ni)As_2-3 5.5 x 4.4 x 6.1 cm The first dimension is the height of the specimen and the third is the depth of the specimen. $75
5475 Smithsonite Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia 4.2 x 4.3 x 1.4 cm $50	4691 Cuprian Smithsonite Tsumeb, Namibia 6.7 x 4.5 x 2.9 cm $85	3899 Schorl Tourmaline, Albite, Smoky Quartz Erongo, Namibia 6 x 4.6 x 4 cm $50
3821 Smithsonite Tsumeb, Namibia 4.8 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm $150	3799 Shattuckite Included in Quartz Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia Cu₅(Si₂O₆)₂(OH)₂ 3.2 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm $45	3448 Silver, Acanthite Imiter Mine, Imiter Dist., Djebel Saghro, Ouarzazate Prov., Souss-Massa-Draa Region, Morocco 3.3 x 3.5 x 1.1 cm $75

T

6711 Double Terminated Yellow Topaz on Oorthoclase Klein Spitzkoppe, Spitzkopje Area, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia 4.8 x 3.4 x 2 cm $75	6471 Schorl Tourmaline, Albite, Hyaline Opal Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia 4.4 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm $30	6076 Topaz, Microline Klein Spitzkopje (Kleine Spitzkoppe) granite stock, Spitzkopje Area, Karibib Dist., Erongo, Namibia 4.7 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm $45
5080 Waterworn Topaz Crystals Jos Plateau, Plateau State, Nigeria 2.2 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm 17grams $70	4719 Tanzanite Merelani Hills (Mererani), Lelatema Mts, Arusha Region, Tanzania 25 x 7 x 7 mm second two measurements taken at the base of the crystal, weight: 11.25 ct $375	2886 Tourmaline and Botryoidal Fluorite on Albite Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia 6.4 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm $125