In 1996 the famous Tsumeb mine was shut down and allowed to flood, seemingly ending almost a century as one of the world's great sources of mineral specimens. Five years later, however, it had been reopened as a specimen-mining venture that is already meeting with some success.
Everyone who is involved with the collection of mineral specimens has at least some familiarity with Tsumeb, Namibia. For most, it is the source of the finest examples of many species and likely a name ...