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Clinochlore in quartz
F.O.V. a few mm
(Author: Pierre Joubert)
Clinochlore in quartz
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Close up of the nature of the soil where these crystals were found. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Close up of the nature of the soil
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Closer to home, I slept for one night in the field on a farm and woke up with these antelope grazing about 200 m away. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Closer to home, I slept for one ni
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Cobaltoan smithsonite
Tsumeb, Namibia
70 x 66 x 47 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Cobaltoan smithsonite
Tsumeb, Nami
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Cobaltoan smithsonite
Tsumeb, Namibia
70 x 66 x 47 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Cobaltoan smithsonite
Tsumeb, Nami
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Cobaltoan smithsonite
Tsumeb, Namibia
70 x 66 x 47 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Cobaltoan smithsonite
Tsumeb, Nami
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Copper related mineral (I think) (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Copper related mineral (I think)
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Copper related mineral on quartz. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Copper related mineral on quartz.
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Copper
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
35 x 21 x 13 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Copper
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Ot
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Copper
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
35 x 21 x 13 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Copper
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Ot
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Crystal group from above mentioned pocket. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Crystal group from above mentioned
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Crystal group from this pocket. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Crystal group from this pocket.
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Crystals waiting to be removed. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Crystals waiting to be removed.
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Despujolsite
N’Chwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape, South Africa
6.7 x 03 x 2.5 mm
Despujolsite crystal (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Despujolsite
N’Chwaning III
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dioptase
Tsumeb, Namibia
43 x 27 x 26 mm
Dioptase on calcite on rock matrix (Author: Pierre Joubert)
dioptase
Tsumeb, Namibia
43 x 27 x
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dioptase
Tsumeb, Namibia
43 x 27 x 26 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
dioptase
Tsumeb, Namibia
43 x 27 x
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Dioptase and calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
91 x 63 x 36 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Dioptase and calcite
Tsumeb Mi
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Dioptase and calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
91 x 63 x 36 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Dioptase and calcite
Tsumeb Mi
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Dioptase and calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
91 x 63 x 36 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Dioptase and calcite
Tsumeb Mi
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Dioptase on calcite.
Tsumeb, Namibia
47 x 36 x 31 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Dioptase on calcite.
Tsumeb, Namib
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Dioptase on calcite.
Tsumeb, Namibia
47 x 36 x 31 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Dioptase on calcite.
Tsumeb, Namib
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Dioptase on calcite.
Tsumeb, Namibia
45 x 33 x 30 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Dioptase on calcite.
Tsumeb, Namib
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Dioptase on calcite.
Tsumeb, Namibia
45 x 33 x 30 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Dioptase on calcite.
Tsumeb, Namib
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Dioptase on calcite.
Tsumeb, Namibia
45 x 33 x 30 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Dioptase on calcite.
Tsumeb, Namib
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Dioptase on calcite.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
52 x 47 x 30 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Dioptase on calcite.
Tsumeb Mi
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Dioptase on calcite.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
52 x 47 x 30 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Dioptase on calcite.
Tsumeb Mi
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Dioptase on calcite.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
52 x 47 x 30 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Dioptase on calcite.
Tsumeb Mi
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Dioptase, calcite and duftite.
Tsumeb, Namibia
Field of view, approx. 11 mm
Same specimen as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Dioptase, calcite and duftite.
Tsu
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Dioptase, calcite and duftite.
Tsumeb, Namibia
Field of view, approx. 10 mm
Same specimen as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Dioptase, calcite and duftite.
Tsu
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Dioptase, calcite and duftite.
Tsumeb, Namibia
Field of view, approx. 17 mm
Same specimen as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Dioptase, calcite and duftite.
Tsu
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Dioptase, calcite and duftite.
Tsumeb, Namibia
34 x 21 x 14 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Dioptase, calcite and duftite.
Tsu
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Dolomite and Calcite (variety cobaltoan)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
51 x 31 x 17 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Dolomite and Calcite (variety cobaltoan)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Regi
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Dolomite and Calcite (variety cobaltoan)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
51 x 31 x 17 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Dolomite and Calcite (variety cobaltoan)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Regi
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Epidote from Blesberg.
81 x 60 x 27 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Epidote from Blesberg.
81 x 60 x
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Evening view at my campsite. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Evening view at my campsite.
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Everywhere weathered quartz veins surface with an interesting variety of quartz. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Everywhere weathered quartz veins
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Exploring a manganese rich area near Gordons Bay, Western Cape, I was met by this scene high up in the mountains. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Exploring a manganese rich area ne
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Exploring the shores for possible quartz veins. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Exploring the shores for possible
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Father and son; two good friends that joined us high up in the mountains on a private property near Robertson, Western Cape. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Father and son; two good friends t
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Feldspar (var. adularia) and quartz
Vredendal Lime Quarry, Western Cape, South Africa
34 x 25 x 22 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Feldspar (var. adularia) and quart
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Feldspar (var. adularia) and quartz
Vredendal Lime Quarry, Western Cape, South Africa
34 x 25 x 22 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Feldspar (var. adularia) and quart
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Feldspar (var. adularia) and quartz
Vredendal Lime Quarry, Western Cape, South Africa
34 x 25 x 22 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Feldspar (var. adularia) and quart
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Feldspar. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Feldspar.
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Flowers hanging straight down from a rock face in the Ceres Karoo. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Flowers hanging straight down from
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Flowers on the way. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Flowers on the way.
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Flowers on the way. This flower always faces down, away from the sun. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Flowers on the way. This flower a
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Flowers. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Flowers.
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Fluorite
Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape, SA.
82 x 68 x 65 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite
Riemvasmaak, Northern Cap
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Fluorite
Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape, SA.
82 x 68 x 65 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite
Riemvasmaak, Northern Cap
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Fluorite
Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape, SA.
82 x 68 x 65 mm
A recently acquired specimen. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite
Riemvasmaak, Northern Cap
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Fluorite
Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape, SA.
82 x 68 x 65 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite
Riemvasmaak, Northern Cap
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Fluorite and calcite.
Orange river, Northern Cape, SA
68 x 53 x 43 mm
Same as above (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite and calcite.
Orange river
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Fluorite and calcite.
Orange river, Northern Cape, SA
68 x 53 x 43 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite and calcite.
Orange river
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Fluorite and Quartz
Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape, South Africa
55 x 32 x 18 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite and Quartz
Riemvasmaak, N
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Fluorite and Quartz
Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape, South Africa
55 x 32 x 18 mm
Same as above (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite and Quartz
Riemvasmaak, N
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Fluorite and Quartz
Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape, South Africa
55 x 32 x 18 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite and Quartz
Riemvasmaak, N
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Fluorite and Quartz
Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape, South Africa.
67 x 48 x 22 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite and Quartz
Riemvasmaak, N
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Fluorite and Quartz
Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape, South Africa
67 x 48 x 22 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite and Quartz
Riemvasmaak, N
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Fluorite and Quartz
Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape, South Africa
67 x 48 x 22 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite and Quartz
Riemvasmaak, N
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Fluorite and quartz
Riemvasmaak pegmatites, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
24 x 17 x 14 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite and quartz
Riemvasmaa
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Fluorite and quartz
Riemvasmaak pegmatites, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
24 x 17 x 14 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite and quartz
Riemvasmaa
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Fluorite and quartz
Riemvasmaak pegmatites, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
24 x 17 x 14 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite and quartz
Riemvasmaa
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Fluorite and quartz
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
73 x 55 x 34 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite and quartz
Erongo Mou
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Fluorite and quartz
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
73 x 55 x 34 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite and quartz
Erongo Mou
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Fluorite on calcite.
Orange river, Northern Cape, SA
20 x 14 x 14 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite on calcite.
Orange river,
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Fluorite on calcite.
Orange river, Northern Cape, SA
20 x 14 x 14 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite on calcite.
Orange river,
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Fluorite on calcite.
Orange river, Northern Cape, SA
21 x 15 x 14 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite on calcite.
Orange river,
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Fluorite on calcite.
Orange river, Northern Cape, SA
21 x 15 x 14 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite on calcite.
Orange river,
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Fluorite on calcite.
Orange river, Northern Cape, SA
21 x 15 x 14 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite on calcite.
Orange river,
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Fluorite on Quartz
Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape, South Africa
36 x 34 x 14 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite on Quartz
Riemvasmaak, No
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Fluorite on Quartz
Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape, South Africa
36 x 34 x 14 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite on Quartz
Riemvasmaak, No
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Fluorite on Quartz
Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape, South Africa
36 x 34 x 14 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite on Quartz
Riemvasmaak, No
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Fluorite on Quartz
Riemvasmaak pegmatites, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
53 x 45 x 33 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite on Quartz
Riemvasmaak
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Fluorite on Quartz
Riemvasmaak pegmatites, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
53 x 45 x 33 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite on Quartz
Riemvasmaak
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Fluorite on Quartz
Riemvasmaak pegmatites, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
53 x 45 x 33 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite on Quartz
Riemvasmaak
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Fluorite on Quartz
Witbank, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
24 x 22 x 13 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite on Quartz
Witbank, Or
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Fluorite on Quartz
Witbank, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
24 x 22 x 13 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite on Quartz
Witbank, Or
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Fluorite on Quartz
Witbank, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
24 x 22 x 13 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite on Quartz
Witbank, Or
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Fluorite on Quartz
Orange river pegmatites, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
61 x 37 x 25 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite on Quartz
Orange rive
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Fluorite on Quartz
Orange river pegmatites, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
61 x 37 x 25 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite on Quartz
Orange rive
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Fluorite on Quartz
Orange river pegmatites, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
61 x 37 x 25 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite on Quartz
Orange rive
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Fluorite on Quartz
Orange river pegmatites, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
61 x 37 x 25 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite on Quartz
Orange rive
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Fluorite with hematite phantoms.
Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape, South Africa
40 x 25 x 14 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite with hematite phantoms.
R
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Fluorite with hematite phantoms.
Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape, South Africa
40 x 25 x 14 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite with hematite phantoms.
R
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Fluorite with muscovite
Erongo mountains; Namibia
26 x 15 x 15 mm (13 mm)
Same specimen as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite with muscovite
Erongo mou
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Fluorite with muscovite
Erongo mountains; Namibia
26 x 15 x 15 mm (13 mm) (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite with muscovite
Erongo mou
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Fluorite with schorl and muscovite
Erongo mountains; Namibia
26 x 24 x 20 mm (crystal 12mm)
Same specimen as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite with schorl and muscovite
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Fluorite with schorl and muscovite
Erongo mountains; Namibia
26 x 24 x 20 mm (crystal 12mm)
Same specimen as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite with schorl and muscovite
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Fluorite with schorl and muscovite
Erongo mountains; Namibia
26 x 24 x 20 mm (crystal 12mm) (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite with schorl and muscovite
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Fluorite with Schorl
Erongo Region, Namibia
68 x 32 x 28 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite with Schorl
Erongo Re
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Fluorite with Schorl
Erongo Region, Namibia
68 x 32 x 28 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite with Schorl
Erongo Re
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Fluorite with Schorl
Erongo Region, Namibia
68 x 32 x 28 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite with Schorl
Erongo Re
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Fluorite, and calcite.
Orange river, Northern Cape, SA
68 x 53 x 43 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite, and calcite.
Orange rive
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Fluorite, feldspar, hyalite opal
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
92 x 72 x 48 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite, feldspar, hyalite opal
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Nami
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Fluorite, feldspar, hyalite opal
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
92 x 72 x 48 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite, feldspar, hyalite opal
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Nami
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Fluorite, feldspar, hyalite opal
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
92 x 72 x 48 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite, feldspar, hyalite opal
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Nami
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Fluorite, feldspar, hyalite opal
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
92 x 72 x 48 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite, feldspar, hyalite opal
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Nami
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Fluorite, Quartz and calcite.
Orange river, Northern Cape, SA
37 x 23 x 21 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite, Quartz and calcite.
Oran
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Fluorite, Quartz and calcite.
Orange river, Northern Cape, SA
37 x 23 x 21 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite, Quartz and calcite.
Oran
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Fluorite, Quartz and calcite.
Orange river, Northern Cape, SA
36 x 23 x 21 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite, Quartz and calcite.
Oran
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Fluorite
Riemvasmaak pegmatites, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
30 x 27 x 18 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite
Riemvasmaak pegmatite
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Fluorite
Riemvasmaak pegmatites, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
30 x 27 x 18 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite
Riemvasmaak pegmatite
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Fluorite
Riemvasmaak pegmatites, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
30 x 27 x 18 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite
Riemvasmaak pegmatite
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Fluorite
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
46 x 31 x 23 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwar
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Fluorite
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
46 x 31 x 23 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwar
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Fluorite
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
46 x 31 x 23 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwar
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Fluorite
Riemvasmaak, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
79 x 46 x 34 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite
Riemvasmaak, Orange r
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Fluorite
Riemvasmaak, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
79 x 46 x 34 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite
Riemvasmaak, Orange r
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Fluorite
Riemvasmaak, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
79 x 46 x 34 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite
Riemvasmaak, Orange r
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Fluorite
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
50 x 27 x 17 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite
Erongo Mountain, Usak
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Fluorite
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
50 x 27 x 17 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite
Erongo Mountain, Usak
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Fluorite
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
50 x 27 x 17 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite
Erongo Mountain, Usak
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Fluorite
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
50 x 27 x 17 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite
Erongo Mountain, Usak
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Fluorite
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
61 x 46 x 22 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite
Erongo Mountain, Usak
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Fluorite
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
61 x 46 x 22 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Fluorite
Erongo Mountain, Usak
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Foitite
Erongo, Namibia
78 x 56 x 43 mm
This is a floater (no damage); view from the top. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Foitite
Erongo, Namibia
78 x 56 x
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Foitite
Erongo, Namibia
78 x 56 x 43 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Foitite
Erongo, Namibia
78 x 56 x
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Foitite (Tourmaline Group) in and on Quartz and feldspar
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
82 x 49 x 38 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Foitite (Tourmaline Group) in and on Quartz and feldspar
Erongo Mountain, Usa
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Foitite (Tourmaline Group) in and on Quartz and feldspar
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
82 x 49 x 38 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Foitite (Tourmaline Group) in and on Quartz and feldspar
Erongo Mountain, Usa
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Foitite (Tourmaline Group) in and on Quartz and feldspar
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
82 x 49 x 38 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Foitite (Tourmaline Group) in and on Quartz and feldspar
Erongo Mountain, Usa
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Foitite (Tourmaline Group) on Quartz
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
39 x 33 x 30 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Foitite (Tourmaline Group) on Quartz
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region,
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Foitite (Tourmaline Group) on Quartz
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
39 x 33 x 30 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Foitite (Tourmaline Group) on Quartz
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region,
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Foitite (Tourmaline Group) on Quartz
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
39 x 33 x 30 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Foitite (Tourmaline Group) on Quartz
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region,
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FP 1.jpg (Author: Pierre Joubert)
FP 1.jpg
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FP 4.jpg (Author: Pierre Joubert)
FP 4.jpg
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FP.JPG (Author: Pierre Joubert)
FP.JPG
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Full moon makes the landscape look like the surface of some other planet. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Full moon makes the landscape look
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Gaudefroyite, Andradite and Ettringite
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa
57 x 38 x 17 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Gaudefroyite, Andradite and Ettringite
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, Sou
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Gaudefroyite, Andradite and Ettringite
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa
57 x 38 x 17 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Gaudefroyite, Andradite and Ettringite
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, Sou
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Gaudefroyite, Andradite and Ettringite
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa
57 x 38 x 17 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Gaudefroyite, Andradite and Ettringite
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, Sou
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Goethite after Pyrite
Brandberg Area, Erongo, Namibia
Approx. 1.5 mm
Pyrite is not often encountered in this area. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Goethite after Pyrite
Brandberg Ar
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Goethite in situ. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Goethite in situ.
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Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld Valley, Ceres, Valle Warmbokkeveld, Witzenberg, Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province, South Africa
F.O.V approximately 20 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld
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Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld Valley, Ceres, Valle Warmbokkeveld, Witzenberg, Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province, South Africa
F.O.V approximately 5 -15 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld
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Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld Valley, Ceres, Valle Warmbokkeveld, Witzenberg, Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province, South Africa
F.O.V approximately 5 -15 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld
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Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld Valley, Ceres, Valle Warmbokkeveld, Witzenberg, Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province, South Africa
F.O.V approximately 5 -15 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld
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Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld Valley, Ceres, Valle Warmbokkeveld, Witzenberg, Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province, South Africa
F.O.V approximately 5 -15 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld
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Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld Valley, Ceres, Valle Warmbokkeveld, Witzenberg, Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province, South Africa
F.O.V approximately 5 -15 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld
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Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld Valley, Ceres, Valle Warmbokkeveld, Witzenberg, Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province, South Africa
F.O.V approximately 5 -15 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld
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Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld Valley, Ceres, Valle Warmbokkeveld, Witzenberg, Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province, South Africa
F.O.V approximately 5 -15 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld
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Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld Valley, Ceres, Valle Warmbokkeveld, Witzenberg, Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province, South Africa
F.O.V approximately 5 -15 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld
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Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld Valley, Ceres, Valle Warmbokkeveld, Witzenberg, Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province, South Africa
F.O.V approximately 5 -15 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld
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Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld Valley, Ceres, Valle Warmbokkeveld, Witzenberg, Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province, South Africa
F.O.V approximately 5 - 15 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld
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Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld Valley, Ceres, Valle Warmbokkeveld, Witzenberg, Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province, South Africa
75 x 35 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld
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Gypsum
Ceres Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa
155 x 98 x 34 mm
The same specimen as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Gypsum
Ceres Karoo, Western Cape,
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Gypsum
Ceres Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa
155 x 98 x 34 mm
The same specimen as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Gypsum
Ceres Karoo, Western Cape,
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Gypsum
Ceres Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa
155 x 98 x 34 mm
Gypsum is abundant in certain areas of the Karoo, together with Calcite. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Gypsum
Ceres Karoo, Western Cape,
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gypsum (Author: Pierre Joubert)
gypsum
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Gypsum (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Gypsum
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Gypsum in-between layers of shale (something very abundant in this area) (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Gypsum in-between layers of shale
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Hematite, manganese mineral???
Western Cape, South Africa
crystal size: 13 x 11 mm
I was very excited when I found this crystal on rock matrix, but the fascets appear to have been made by quartz crystals. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Hematite, manganese mineral???
Wes
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I call this Crystal Valley, as there are so much white quartz everywhere. Crystals are hard to find though. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
I call this Crystal Valley, as the
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I discovered a small cave with moist, rich soil and a number of Stinging nettles (Urtica dioica). These are supposed to have valuable healing properties. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
I discovered a small cave with moi
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I found an interesting area to recce for crystals; also a nice place to park the boat and fish. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
I found an interesting area to rec
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I found some crystals in a clay wall. The rest of the pocket must have washed away. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
I found some crystals in a clay wa
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I found this crystal and had high hopes of finding a pocket. I did find a small pocket with a few nice crystals in it. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
I found this crystal and had high
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I know this is a mineral forum, but flowers are so much part of our crystal outings. The Western Cape has, by far, the most species of wild flowers in the world. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
I know this is a mineral forum, bu
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I opened up the pocket and now I am ready to harvest. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
I opened up the pocket and now I a
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I was amazed at the young baboon climbing effortlessly up a very steep rock. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
I was amazed at the young baboon c
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I was told by someone that this pocket yielded stunning smoky quartz crystals. The pocket is about 1 meter wide and out of reach. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
I was told by someone that this po
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If you look carefully, you will see my bag on the other side of the stream. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
If you look carefully, you will se
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Interesting rock formation. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Interesting rock formation.
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Iron bearing geode
Western Cape, South Africa
190 x 170 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Iron bearing geode
Western Cape, S
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Iron bearing geode
Western Cape, South Africa
190 x 170 mm
I found a small gully with these strange ’geodes’. I am not quiet sure what minerals are involved, although iron is almost surely one of them. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Iron bearing geode
Western Cape, S
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Iron bearing rock with strange crystals.
Western Cape, South Africa
85 x 52 mm
This black rock hosts some dark unknown crystals of a type I have never seen from this area. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Iron bearing rock with strange cry
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It gets really hot up in these mountains and here we are taking a break from digging for crystals. Robertson, WC. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
It gets really hot up in these mou
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Just 5 km from Blesberg (close to the Namibia border) is the entrance to another mine, Swartberg. The building in the picture was a little roadside shop. When the owner, who also sold minerals, died the place closed down and was plundered. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Just 5 km from Blesberg (close to
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Koekepan or ore wagon in front of above building. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Koekepan or ore wagon in front of
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Koker boom (quiver trees) on Blesberg. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Koker boom (quiver trees) on Blesb
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Kosie and his wife are all that is left of the mining staff. They live in a house at the bottom of the mine (about 50 km from Steinkopf) and earn a living breaking quartz for nurseries. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Kosie and his wife are all that is
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Kosie and his wife’s work. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Kosie and his wife’s work.
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Libethenite and chrysocolla
M'sesa Mine, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
100 x 73 x 47 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Libethenite and chrysocolla
M'
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Liebethenite and chrysocolla
M'sesa Mine, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
100 x 73 x 47 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Liebethenite and chrysocolla
M
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Liebethenite and chrysocolla
M'sesa Mine, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
100 x 73 x 47 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Liebethenite and chrysocolla
M
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Looking back a distance up the mountain. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Looking back a distance up the mou
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Looking down the pocket. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Looking down the pocket.
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Looking up to a difficult road ahead. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Looking up to a difficult road ahe
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Lots of quartz, lots of promise. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Lots of quartz, lots of promise.
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Lovely rock formations; a very common site. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Lovely rock formations; a very com
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Malachite
Kiswishi, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
104 x 65 x 44 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Malachite
Kiswishi, Lubumbashi
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Malachite
Kiswishi, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
104 x 65 x 44 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Malachite
Kiswishi, Lubumbashi
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Manganese ore?and quartz
Ceres, Western Cape, SA
The same specimen as above (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Manganese ore?and quartz
Ceres, We
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Manganese ore?and quartz
Ceres, Western Cape, SA
The same specimen as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Manganese ore?and quartz
Ceres, We
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Manganese ore?and quartz
Ceres, Western Cape, SA
The same specimen as above (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Manganese ore?and quartz
Ceres, We
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Manganese ore?and quartz
Ceres, Western Cape, SA
140 x 110 mm
I have sent a sample of this ore to the University to analyse. For the time being, I suspect it to be rich in manganese. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Manganese ore?and quartz
Ceres, We
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Manganese oxides
Worcester area, Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province, South Africa
58 x 43 x 32 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Manganese oxides
Worcester are
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Manganese oxides
Worcester area, Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province, South Africa
58 x 43 x 32 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Manganese oxides
Worcester are
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Manganese oxides
Worcester area, Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province, South Africa
58 x 43 x 32 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Manganese oxides
Worcester are
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Marius, the person who discovered the pocket. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Marius, the person who discovered
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mbmbmb.JPG (Author: Pierre Joubert)
mbmbmb.JPG
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Me removing a large rock of sandstone. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Me removing a large rock of sandst
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Me, doing what I love:-) (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Me, doing what I love:-)
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Mica. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Mica.
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Michells Pass, about 2 km from Ceres. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Michells Pass, about 2 km from Cer
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Mimetite
Tsumeb, Namibia
44 x 42 x 32 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Mimetite
Tsumeb, Namibia
44 x 42 x
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Mimetite
Tsumeb, Namibia
44 x 42 x 32 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Mimetite
Tsumeb, Namibia
44 x 42 x
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Mimetite
Tsumeb, Namibia
44 x 42 x 32 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Mimetite
Tsumeb, Namibia
44 x 42 x
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Mimetite and malachite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
36 x 26 x 10 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Mimetite and malachite
Tsumeb
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Mimetite and malachite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
36 x 26 x 10 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Mimetite and malachite
Tsumeb
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Mimetite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
41 x 20 x 15 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Mimetite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb,
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Mimetite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
41 x 20 x 15 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Mimetite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb,
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More cavities where large spondumene crystals were removed. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
More cavities where large spondume
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More copper related mineral on quartz. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
More copper related mineral on qua
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More flower magic! (Author: Pierre Joubert)
More flower magic!
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More flowers. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
More flowers.
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Mostly drusy small crystals on matrix. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Mostly drusy small crystals on mat
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Motramite on and in calcite.
Tsumeb, Namibia
61 x 45 x 30 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Motramite on and in calcite.
Tsume
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Motramite on and in calcite.
Tsumeb, Namibia
61 x 45 x 30 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Motramite on and in calcite.
Tsume
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Motramite on and in calcite.
Tsumeb, Namibia
61 x 45 x 30 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Motramite on and in calcite.
Tsume
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Mottramite
Tsumeb, Namibia
37 x 30 x 20 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Mottramite
Tsumeb, Namibia
37 x 30
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Mottramite
Tsumeb, Namibia
37 x 30 x 20 mm
Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Mottramite
Tsumeb, Namibia
37 x 30
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Mottramite
Tsumeb, Namibia
37 x 30 x 20 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Mottramite
Tsumeb, Namibia
37 x 30
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Mr Gauche. His son currently has the mining rights on Blesberg and Swartberg mines. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Mr Gauche. His son currently has
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My beloved little car in the distance. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
My beloved little car in the dista
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My camp site next to a small stream. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
My camp site next to a small strea
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My camp site. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
My camp site.
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My final resting place before the last stretch; a steep descent. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
My final resting place before the
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My very primitive, yet effective ’home studio’. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
My very primitive, yet effective &
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Natural rockery. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Natural rockery.
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Nearly home. Some 12 km from our home. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Nearly home. Some 12 km from our h
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nfnfnf.JPG (Author: Pierre Joubert)
nfnfnf.JPG
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Not long after starting to dig. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Not long after starting to dig.
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Now it is my turn at the pocket. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Now it is my turn at the pocket.
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nvnvnv.JPG (Author: Pierre Joubert)
nvnvnv.JPG
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On my way home on a remote farm road. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
On my way home on a remote farm ro
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On my way up. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
On my way up.
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On our way to dig for crystals, we encounter scenery like this. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
On our way to dig for crystals, we
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On the road back home; mountain scenery somewhere just outside Worcester(not UK but SA) (Author: Pierre Joubert)
On the road back home; mountain sc
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On the way back home, Riana took this picture while I was driving. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
On the way back home, Riana took t
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On the way back. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
On the way back.
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On the way back. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
On the way back.
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One of about 3 pockets that I found on the day. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
One of about 3 pockets that I foun
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One of my favourite wild flowers; a vine with beautiful flowers. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
One of my favourite wild flowers;
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One of our 2 RPS’s (royal pavement specials), Yogi (reminding one of Yogi bear, with his short ear stubs), who was rescued about ten years ago, from a squatter camp after both his ears had been cut off. He is a very happy dog and just as addicted to the mountains, just like us. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
One of our 2 RPS’s (royal pa
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One of the areas where I dug. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
One of the areas where I dug.
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One of the cleaned specimens; sorry no size. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
One of the cleaned specimens; sorr
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One of the many small butterflies of the Western Cape mountains. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
One of the many small butterflies
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One of the specimens I removed. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
One of the specimens I removed.
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One of the specimens I removed. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
One of the specimens I removed.
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One of the specimens I removed. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
One of the specimens I removed.
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One of the specimens she removed. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
One of the specimens she removed.
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Opal (variety hyalite) on smoky quartz.
Erongo mountains; Namibia
60 x 42 x 24 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Opal (variety hyalite) on smoky qu
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Opal (variety hyalite) on smoky quartz.
Erongo mountains; Namibia
60 x 42 x 24 mm
The hyalite opal (32 x 22 mm) has an even better colour in person, very much like jelly. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Opal (variety hyalite) on smoky qu
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Our destination: a mountainous area which suffered from a recent fire. Note the white quartz in the foreground. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Our destination: a mountainous ar
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Our first snowfall; not much, but welcome. We have had more than 100 mm of rain in a few days. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Our first snowfall; not much, but
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Our focus of interest. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Our focus of interest.
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Our last stretch to the car with Ceres beneath us. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Our last stretch to the car with C
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Our rainy season is in full swing and small mountain streams are running everywhere. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Our rainy season is in full swing
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Our second canine, Kleintjie (meaning ’little one’), is a sweet little thing - loves hunting, but not really catching anything. Both dogs are more than 10 years old. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Our second canine, Kleintjie (mean
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P1120948.JPG (Author: Pierre Joubert)
P1120948.JPG