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Bixbyite with Hausmannite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

 
Bixbyite with Hausmannite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Bixbyite with Hausmannite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Bixbyite with Hausmannite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Bixbyite with Hausmannite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Bixbyite with Hausmannite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Bixbyite with Hausmannite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Bixbyite with Hausmannite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

DESCRIPTION:No. 75623
Mineral:Bixbyite with Hausmannite
Locality:N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Description:Superb unusual elongated rectangular bixbyite crystal measuring 21 mm top to bottom, nestled in a crevice is fine-grained crystalline bixbyite with wedge-shaped black hausmannite crystals to 10 mm. The bixbyite crystals are lustrous black. From my personal collection; collected in 2014
Overall Size:3.5x3x2 cm
Crystals:micro to 21 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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