Tsumeb Treasures
May 30, 2020 - The Tsumeb Mine was a world-class ore deposit in Namibia that was mined since the late 1800's, and then in phases as it declined into the early 1990's. largely for copper, lead and zinc with silver, cadmium and germanium recovered as by-products. According to mindat.org, 328 mineral species have been documented from the mine and it is the type locality for an astounding 72 mineral species! Tsumeb is also acclaimed for producing the “best-of-species” for many minerals. Over the last couple of months, we have sorted through our old collections and unpacked many things put away for years, selecting many Tsumeb pieces originating from a variety of important collection acquisitions such as Shields and Frances Flynn, Charlie Key, Marshall Sussman and others. Species range from the more notable and common minerals from the locality such as smithsonite, azurite, dioptase and cuprite to incredible examples of rare species such as leiteite, alamosite, legrandite and reinerite. We are pleased to be able to present this substantial Tsumeb update for your review, curated by longtime collector and friend Dr. Tom Campbell, who wrote the text and took the photos as well.
- TSU20-80
- Cuprite with Dolomite
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Miniature
- 3.7 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
- $1,500.00
- (4 more images)
- TSU20-78
- Tsumcorite (type locality)
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Small Cabinet
- 7.9 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
- $2,500.00
- (4 more images)
- TSU20-77
- Cerussite ps. after Anglesite
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Small Cabinet
- 8.5 x 6.2 x 5.6 cm
- $6,000.00
- (5 more images)
- TSU20-75
- Mimetite with Smithsonite
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Small Cabinet
- 6.5 x 4.3 x 2.4 cm
- $400.00
- (5 more images)
- TSU20-73
- Anglesite
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Miniature
- 3.3 x 3.1 x 1.3 cm
- $950.00
- (2 more images)
- TSU20-72
- Leiteite (type locality)
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Small Cabinet
- 6.1 x 3.1 x 1.0 cm
- $7,500.00
- (3 more images)
- TSU20-69
- Zincolivenite
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Thumbnail
- 2.8 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
- $2,450.00
- (4 more images)
- TSU20-68
- Smithsonite var. Cuprian Smithsonite
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Small Cabinet
- 8.8 x 5.0 x 4.1 cm
- $1,750.00
- (3 more images)
- TSU20-65
- Cerussite on Smithsonite
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Small Cabinet
- 6.9 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm
- $950.00
- (5 more images)
- TSU20-63
- Mimetite (Gem Pocket 1971)
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Miniature
- 4.0 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
- $13,500.00
- (2 more images)
- TSU20-62
- Galena
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Small Cabinet
- 5.8 x 4.9 x 3.5 cm
- $2,000.00
- (4 more images)
- TSU20-61
- Smithsonite var. Manganoan Smithsonite with Pyrite
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Small Cabinet
- 5.8 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
- $2,400.00
- (4 more images)
- TSU20-58
- Smithsonite var. Cuprian Smithsonite
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Miniature
- 4.0 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm
- $1,500.00
- (3 more images)
- TSU20-57
- Cuprite with Dolomite and Malachite
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Small Cabinet
- 7.1 x 4.0 x 3.3 cm
- $1,350.00
- (2 more images)
- TSU20-56
- Dolomite Cast after Calcite
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Small Cabinet
- 8.2 x 4.8 x 3.0 cm
- $500.00
- (4 more images)
- TSU20-53
- Aragonite var. Zincian
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Thumbnail
- 2.3 x 2.0 x 1.9 cm
- $250.00
- (3 more images)
- TSU20-52
- Cerussite
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Miniature
- 4.7 x 2.9 x 2.0 cm
- $1,500.00
- (4 more images)
- TSU20-51
- Cuprite
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Miniature
- 5.1 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
- $1,000.00
- (4 more images)
- TSU20-50
- Smithsonite var. Cobaltoan Smithsonite
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Miniature
- 4.0 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
- $1,250.00
- (3 more images)
- TSU20-47
- Chalcocite replacing Galena with Dolomite, Cerussite, Quartz
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Small Cabinet
- 8.3 x 4.4 x 3.3 cm
- $950.00
- (4 more images)
- TSU20-46
- Rosasite on Malachite
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Miniature
- 4.4 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm
- $1,500.00
- (4 more images)
- TSU20-45
- Galena, Quartz
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Small Cabinet
- 5.9 x 4.6 x 3.3 cm
- $1,500.00
- (4 more images)
- TSU20-44
- Cerussite
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Cabinet
- 10.2 x 7.3 x 4.0 cm
- $6,000.00
- (3 more images)
- TSU20-43
- Schneiderhohnite (type locality)
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Miniature
- 4.8 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
- $15,000.00
- (3 more images)