Swartkrans Minerals specializes in Satisfying the Mineral Collector's needs with Top quality Mineral Specimens from the African Continent. Mineral Specimens from the famous Kuruman, Messina and Tsumeb localities are well represented in our stocks. Madagascar, Congo, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi and other Southern African Country Mineral Specimens are also available. Swartkrans Minerals caters all the way from the Beginner to the Top End Minerals Collector. From time to time we also sell minerals from other regions. Our mineral specimens are sourced directly from the miners and recycled collections. We sell our Minerals worldwide exclusively on the Internet through this Website.

We have been involved in Mineral sales and collecting for over 15 years now. The owner of Swartkrans Minerals, Daniel van Wyk owns an extensive collection of Southern African mineral specimens.

Swartkrans, our name, pays tribute to the Swartkrans area as this was the first place where I started digging up mineral specimens.

Swartkrans Cave in the Sterkfontein (Cradle of Humankind Heritage Site) area is famous for the hominoid fossils dicovered there. It also contains the oldest know evidence of controlled fire use. Bones discovered in the same sediment in which the hominiod fossils were found, were altered due to high temperature - approximate camp fire temperature. Fossil evidence from here also shows that hominiods(Paranthropus Robustus) and homo(Homo Erectus) cohabitated in this area. Our favicon depict a hominoid fossil (Paranthropus Robustus) discovered at Swartkrans.

Apart from the Cave there were also other mining activities in the area. Limestone, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Quartz and Crocidolite Asbestos were mined intermittently. It was during the Limestone Quarrying that the fossils were discovered.

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