Manger MiningUnearthing Nature’s Luxury
Usakos · Namibia
The Manger Mining crew drilling into the pegmatite at Usakos
Drilling

Inside the
pegmatite

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The mine story.

Manger Mining is an independent tourmaline mine near Usakos, Namibia. The work happens here, in hard rock and dust: drilling, blasting and following the pegmatite one metre at a time.

The Manger Mining drilling crew working in dust at the mine
Frans and the crew at the working face.
A small green tourmaline fragment held against the mine
A small green tourmaline fragment from the working area.
Blue-green Lagoon tourmaline crystal found at the Manger Mining operation
Blue-green tourmaline in the hand.
A blue-green tourmaline crystal held up against the Namibian sky
Lagoon colour in the Namibian light.
Blue-green tourmaline crystals resting in a hand at the mine
Some crystals from the Usakos pegmatite.
From the archive

A glimpse of Lagoon.

Long before there was a polished name or a website, stones like this came out of the Usakos pegmatite. The colour is unmistakable—but every crystal begins as part of a much larger mining story.

FoundAt the Manger Mining operation near Usakos, Namibia

Manger Mining · Usakos

Independent tourmaline mining in Namibia.

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