We specialize in the sale of mineral specimens from major locations across South Africa and Namibia. With regular buying trips we aim to continually provide you with new and interesting specimens.

If you would like to recieve our monthly Kalahari Minerals Newsletter simply send us an email using Contact - above left

A basic email with the month's coming uploads as well as info and pics relating to local mineral specimens and mining areas.

You can search for specimens by area using the buttons in the frame below or you can use the search function. The dropdown menu of minerals will only give results of minerals that have been classified under that mineral type. For example: A specimen of Aquamarine and Tourmaline will be classified under aquamarine.

If you Search for Tourmaline in the dropdown menu the specimen in the example will not appear. Click on the search button (below right) to access the search function. If you type the mineral you are looking for into the search box you will get many more hits on almost any mineral search you do.

Mimetite crystals on Matrix - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia.

Built into the site is the ability to add specimens to your order form. You will see the "add" button below the specimen details. You can also add the specimen ID number in yourself (Eg: Ame001B)

Postage and Payment details will be arranged by E-mail. We accept credit card payments with our secure online credit card facility as well as payments made via PayPal.

All specimens are sent by Registered Airmail and delivery worldwide takes between 10 and 14 days.

The minumum postage cost is US$ 9 for one specimen, but 5 specimens combined can easily be as low as $10 to have all 5 delivered.

Online since 11 May 2001

This weeks upload features a variety of Brandberg crystals for sale. Smokey sceptres as well as amethyst specimens with prehnite and enhydro water bubbles as incluions or associations.

It seems the great Poldervaartite find of 2001 has been replaced by the great Olmiite discovery. I would love to know who identified the 2001 "Poldervaartites" and why it took seven years to notice the mistake?

Lustrous black hausmanite pyramids. This is a rare manganese oxide from the manganese fields.

Look for a variety of amethyst crystals and specimens.

Bright yellow ettringite specimens make up the last upload for February.

Calcite from the Kalahari comes in a myriad of colors and forms. All specimens have good aesthetics and lustre.

Blue celestine and richterite specimens from N'Chwaning II Mine.

This week we have a few pink rhodochrosite specimens which came out of N'Chwaning II Mine a couple of years ago.

A late upload with preparations being made for next weeks picture upgrades. We will not be uploading new specimens next week, but will be re-shooting specimens already online.

This week we topped up on our Brandberg amethyst crystals. Always in demand are those crysrals with deep amethyst colour and interesting formations.

This weeks upload adds to our Orange River quartz specimens.

Elestial and etched quartz crystals from Namibia.

A variety of prehnite crystals.

An upload of small rough tanzanite crystals. These are not of faceting grade, but rather for those looking for a rough specimen.