AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from South Africa > Olmiite with Oyelite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 60945 |
Mineral: | Olmiite with Oyelite |
Locality: | N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Type Locality for Olmiite) |
Description: | Unusually large individual olmiite crystals to 10 mm over hemispherical formations to 11 mm diameter of pale-pink oyelite on brown matrix. The olmiite crystals are pink with lustrous crystal faces and fluoresce dark red under SW UV illumination. |
Overall Size: | 4x3.5x3 cm |
Crystals: | 1-10 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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