Staurolite (twin) (ex Renaud Vochten Collection)

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