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Rhodochrosite from N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

 
Rhodochrosite from N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Rhodochrosite from N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

DESCRIPTION:No. 41973
Mineral:Rhodochrosite
Locality:N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Description:Internally zoned blocky pink rhodochrosite crystals with striated prism faces and flat terminations composed of many minute parallel scalenohedral termination faces. The internal zoning varies from transparent red to milky pink. Ex. Robert C. Lambert (1919-2008) #193; ex. Zweibels in 1977
Overall Size:21x17x12 mm
Crystals:1-11 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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