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This specimen is made up of botryoids of Smithsonite which have formed into an attractive cluster with good lustre and which has a light blue-green colouration. There is a deposit of small Hemimorphite crystals in numbers which have draped over along one ridge of the Smithsonite. 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The colour is dark maroon red where the light shines through the translucent material one sees a range of deep red colours to orange. Good balance on this specimen between larger crystals and smaller crystals. The large crystals to 1cm. From finds in Febuary 2004. Some of the crystals are incomplete but overall a great specimen.\"}' data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eManganvesuvianite is a type locality species, this specimen is an intergrown cluster of prismatic hexagonal crystals. The colour is dark maroon red where the light shines through the translucent material one sees a range of deep red colours to orange. Good balance on this specimen between larger crystals and smaller crystals. The large crystals to 1cm. From finds in Febuary 2004. Some of the crystals are incomplete but overall a great specimen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--\ntd {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--\ntd {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e","brand":"SA Mineral Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45821631791318,"sku":"SAMS0072","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/3719\/2918\/files\/IMG_9145.jpg?v=1718719997"},{"product_id":"ettringite-on-calcite-wessels-mine-kalahari-manganese-field-northern-cape-south-africa","title":"Ettringite on Calcite","description":"\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value='{\"1\":2,\"2\":\"The specimen has two presentation faces. One face presents a parallel aligned stepped formation of modified rhombic crystals of translucent white lustrous calcite. The flattish reverse side has a deposit of small canary yellow prismatic crystals of ettringite. There is some abrasions on the calcite.\"}' data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":513,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"12\":0}'\u003eThe specimen has two presentation faces. One face presents a parallel aligned stepped formation of modified rhombic crystals of translucent white lustrous calcite. The flattish reverse side has a deposit of small canary yellow prismatic crystals of ettringite. There is some abrasions on the calcite.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SA Mineral Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45821639721174,"sku":"SAMS0073","price":155.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/3719\/2918\/files\/IMG_9155.jpg?v=1718720256"},{"product_id":"green-fluorite-cluster-okoruso-mine-namibia-copy","title":"Fluorite Cluster","description":"\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eThe specimen has a core wedge of ferromanganese ore around which a deposit of transparent yellow gemmy crystals of intergrown cubes of fluorite have grown. Lustrous, colourful and transparent and very presentable. This pocket was found on Dec 7th 2023. 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The smithsonite has a pale yellow colouration. The specimen display face sparkles from the quartz drusy deposit. 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The crystals are a light mud brown colour with an ok lustre. Some of the olmiite are also doubly terminated and reach up to 1.5cm. In between the olmiite are small acicular tufts of white bultfonteinite.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SA Mineral Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46326904258774,"sku":"SAMS-123","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/3719\/2918\/files\/IMG_6971.jpg?v=1731933512"},{"product_id":"hydroxyapophyllite-cluster-nchwaning-ii-mine-kalahari-manganese-field-northern-cape-south-africa-1","title":"Hydroxyapophyllite Cluster","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom finds in the early 2000s the specimen is made up of multiple semi-lustrous cubic crystals of hydroxyapophyllite in an elongated cluster. The hydroxyapophyllite are white in colour and reach up to 1.2cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SA Mineral Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46326913073366,"sku":"SAMS-124","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/3719\/2918\/files\/IMG_6976.jpg?v=1731933875"},{"product_id":"marcasite-sphalerite-chalcopyrite-rosh-pinah-mine-rosh-pinah-oranjemund-constituency-ǁkaras-region-namibia-1","title":"Marcasite, Sphalerite \u0026 Chalcopyrite","description":"\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eThe specimen is a stepped plated marcasite structure. Well formed crystals of pyramidal interconnected growths have created an aggregate formation of brass coloured marcasite. There is a ledge at the foot of a roll of crystals and a pyramidal cluster of angular marcasite stands out on the ledge. On the underside the ledge is deposited of sphalerite and chalcopyrite. Ex Colin \u0026amp; Helga Owen dealer stock.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SA Mineral Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46326993256662,"sku":"SAMS-125","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/3719\/2918\/files\/IMG_6982.jpg?v=1731935755"},{"product_id":"ettringite-on-calcite-on-matrix-nchwaning-ii-mine-kalahari-manganese-field-northern-cape-south-africa-2","title":"Calcite \u0026 Ettringite","description":"\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eA lovely specimen here which is made up of part of a rhombic calcite crystal which has a deposit of ettringite. The ettringite are pale lemon yellow and have good translucency. The largest crystal measures 0.7cm. I am very fond of this specimen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SA Mineral Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46330434126038,"sku":"SAMS-129","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/3719\/2918\/files\/IMG_7003.jpg?v=1732022320"},{"product_id":"rhodochrosite-on-matrix-nchwaning-i-mine-kalahari-manganese-field-northern-cape-south-africa-2","title":"Rhodochrosite on Matrix","description":"\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe specimen has a pink-brown deposit of rhodochrosite in an edge to edge spread of botryoidal crystals. The botryoids surfaces are refined, evoking a sense of chalcedony. Directly below the rhodochrosite layer there is a 0.5cm lamellar layer of minerals revealing undulating bands with a mineral richness. Under the microscope one of the minerals present displays crystal habits for waterhouseite.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SA Mineral Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46531875700950,"sku":"SAMS-134","price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/3719\/2918\/files\/IMG_3666.jpg?v=1739288241"}],"url":"https:\/\/samineralshop.com\/collections\/buy-mineral-specimens-crystals.oembed?page=11","provider":"SA Mineral Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}