Cerussite (GEMMY “snowflake" twin)When it comes to mineral localities, Tsumeb stands as the king for collectors. The amazing diversity and plethora of species is staggering and remains the number one destination for a lot of collectors in the hobby. Here we have a fine example of reticulated Cerussite with good sized, well developed crystals. This "snowflake" shaped group is not only well formed but shows excellent internal gemminess ranging from GEM quality transparent to gemmy

which started operating in 1896

this find was very limited

This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite

Collected by Carl Kolzer in 2011

It's also one of the larger examples I've had to offer

and the fact that the crystal is virtually WATER CLEAR makes it so much more desirable

lustrous blades measuring up to 1

8 cm crystal group with sharp

Under UV light

This aesthetic

It’s such a unique color combination and displays beautifully as you can see from the photos

This specimen (which was it was very difficult to photograph)