Staurolite (twin) (ex Renaud Vochten Collection)

Okahandja, Damara Land, Namibia
Miniature, 4.1 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm
Start Time: 10/26/2017 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 11/02/2017 6:45:48 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

I cannot find a reference for this species at this locality in any database, but it has a pair of labels that give the locality as Okahandja which is a city of 24,100 inhabitants in the Otjozondjupa Region, central Namibia. The piece is a complete "floater" penetration twin of fairly sharp, well-formed, reddish-brown, stout crystals of staurolite. This is only the second piece of this material that we've had to offer, I have to believe it might have been personally acquired at the locality, and didn't come from any major mining operation. From the collection of Renaud Vochten

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