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Andradite Garnet with Bementite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

 
Andradite Garnet with Bementite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Andradite Garnet with Bementite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Andradite Garnet with Bementite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Andradite Garnet with Bementite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Andradite Garnet with Bementite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Andradite Garnet with Bementite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

DESCRIPTION:No. 74757
Mineral:Andradite Garnet with Bementite
Locality:N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Description:Lustrous transparent dark red-brown dodecahedral andradite garnet crystals to 3.5 mm with micaceous tan-colored bementite crystals to 1 mm on the rear from the one-time find in 1992 that produced approximately 200 specimens (Cairncross, 1995) Collected in 1992
Overall Size:4x2.5x2 cm
Crystals:micro to 3.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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