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Rhodochrosite with Manganite and Quartz from N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

 
Rhodochrosite with Manganite and Quartz from N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Rhodochrosite with Manganite and Quartz from N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Rhodochrosite with Manganite and Quartz from N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Rhodochrosite with Manganite and Quartz from N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

DESCRIPTION:No. 42055
Mineral:Rhodochrosite with Manganite and Quartz
Locality:N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Description:Transparent pink rhodochrosite crystals up to 15 mm long with sugar-like microcrystals on the surfaces of colorless quartz and black manganite. The rhodochrosite crystals are scalenohedral with basal pinacoid termination ends. Ex. Robert C. Lambert (1919-2008) #126; ex. Zweibels in 1977
Overall Size:28x25x23 mm
Crystals:micro to 15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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