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Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia

The Tsumeb mine is one of our Top 12 Mineral Localities.
Copper mining and smelting began at Tsumeb long before the European explorers "discovered" the ore body. Apparently, for hundreds of years, local Bushmen had been mining copper-bearing rocks from a secret locality known only to them and trading them to Ovambos, who came from northern Namibia to meet the Bushmen. The Bushmen supplied the material, but the Ovambos had discovered how to extract the copper metal from the ore by building crude smelters in termite hills and firing the ore until the molten copper poured forth into "ingot molds" dug into the ground with sticks. The copper was then used for ornamentation and weaponry.
The Tsumeb mine qualifies as one of the most prolific mineral localities in the world, not only for the number of species (over 230), but the sheer magnitude of world class specimen material that has emerged from its workings. Perhaps most famous are the unrivalled specimens of azurite, cerussite and dioptase. Species collectors find a haven in this locality as well as the type locality of well over 50 mineral species.
The mine is essentially now closed, but recently a number of large, fine private collections have reached the market that make this classic material not only desirable but available.

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Anglesite
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine) | Tsumeb | Otjikoto Region | Namibia
$2167 *
37mm x 35mm x 29mm
Dioptase
Tsumeb mine, Otjikoto, Namibia
$5490
110mm x 55mm x 40mm
Smithsonite var. Cuprian Smithsonite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
$1500
40mm x 20mm x 10mm
Adamite
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine) | Tsumeb | Otjikoto Region | Namibia
$301 *
43mm x 32mm x 27mm
Dioptase with Calcite
Tsumeb mine, Otjikoto, Namibia
$130
20mm x 16mm x 8mm
Dioptase on Calcite (classic material)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
$535
37mm x 23mm x 21mm
Dioptase on Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
$1750
40mm x 40mm x 10mm
Dioptase on Calcite
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine) | Tsumeb | Otjikoto Region | Namibia
$1083 *
59mm x 34mm x 23mm
Dioptase in Calcite
Tsumeb, Namibia
$1500
37mm x 30mm x 25mm
Cerussite Var. Schwarzbleierz
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
$1750
60mm x 40mm x 40mm
Azurite
Tsumeb mine, Otjikoto, Namibia
$180
80mm x 50mm x 30mm
Azurite
Tsumeb mine, Otjikoto, Namibia
$5000
155mm x 80mm x 50mm
Aragonite
Tsumeb mine, Otjikoto, Namibia
$135
50mm x 35mm x 30mm
Azurite & Malachite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
$4500
70mm x 30mm x 20mm
Malachite after Azurite
Tsumeb mine, Otjikoto, Namibia
$860
75mm x 60mm x 35mm
Rosasite on Malachite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
$1500
40mm x 20mm x 10mm
Cerussite, Duftite on Calcite
Tsumeb, Namibia
$300
70mm x 32mm x 30mm
Malachite after Azurite
Tsumeb mine, Otjikoto, Namibia
$12500
130mm x 70mm x 30mm
Smithsonite
Tsumeb mine, Otjikoto, Namibia
$9000
85mm x 80mm x 50mm
Dioptase with Malachite
Tsumeb mine, Otjikoto, Namibia
$7500
180mm x 140mm x 55mm
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